Beethoven’s deafness and his three styles

@article{Saccenti2011BeethovensDA,
  title={Beethoven’s deafness and his three styles},
  author={Edoardo Saccenti and Age K. Smilde and Wim H. M. Saris},
  journal={BMJ : British Medical Journal},
  year={2011},
  volume={343}
}
Edoardo Saccenti and colleagues chart the relation between the composer’s deafness and his compositions 
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