This question is one of the most frequent inquiries about Beethoven on Google, and it is time we address it!
Beethoven was not blind, his eyes were perfectly healthy. As he got older, just like for all of us, his eyes got weaker and he had to wear glasses. Other than that, his eyes were good.
He had another major weakness in his body, his hearing, that he gradually and almost completely lost over the years.
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