Probing Question: Why are some deaf people able to play instruments?

Applause exploded in Vienna's Karntnertortheater on May 7, 1824, following the premiere performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Yet the master composer himself, by then almost completely deaf, didn't know his work was well received until he turned to see the audience.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news102953308.html">Probing Question: Why are some deaf people able to play instruments?</a></p> <p>Applause exploded in Vienna's Karntnertortheater on May 7, 1824, following the premiere performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Yet the master composer himself, by then almost completely deaf, didn't know his work was well received until he turned to see the audience.</p>