Why?
2006-11-17 07:32:24 · 39 answers · asked by Falcone 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
blind, imagine never hearing music
2006-11-17 07:35:50 · answer #1 · answered by Blackout 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would rather be neither, but if I had to be one of them the answer would have to be deaf.
I would die if I could not see my wife and children any longer. I would soon learn to lip read or I could read a note!
I think if you are Deaf, you can still drive. If this is so, then I would still have the freedom to go about doing the things I enjoy.
I know someone who has a child who is both deaf and blind, but has no problem communicating with others.
2006-11-17 07:40:07 · answer #2 · answered by WavyD 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I have to choose, and if I was given the choice, I'd rather be blind. Because I could still play my piano without my eye sight but I probably couldn't play it without my hearing.
And there are some things that only blind can see through, like in a song "River of Dreams" by Billy Joel;
"I know I'm searching for something
Something so undefined
That it can only be seen
By the eyes of the blind"
I guess, then, I have to give up on playing pool...
2006-11-17 08:59:44 · answer #3 · answered by fortuna0820 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We've often had this conversation at the pub. I think I'd rather go blind. Sure, it'd be more of a life disability than deafness, but I love my music. At least blind I'd still be able to pick up and enjoy my guitar.
2006-11-17 07:39:26 · answer #4 · answered by ashypoo 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would choose to be deaf. Learning sign sign language for 3 years, I have grown used to many deaf cutumes and became, to an extent, fluent in the language. I always thought the eyes were much more important than the years.
2006-11-17 09:11:20 · answer #5 · answered by Sungchul 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't mean to get all serious on you, but my brother is slowly going deaf (I have 50 pc hearing in my left ear, slowly deteriorating. It's hereditary, my Grandparents are both stone deaf, father perfect hearing.... seems to skip a generation, My bro and I landed with the problems.) He is 19 and by the time he is 23, his hearing will be non existent.
To answer your question, I wouldn't like either, although I don't have a choice! But I do remember my brother saying to me once, when he was 7 ( I was 12) that the 'saddest thing was, not that people stared at his hearing aids, but that one day he wouldn't hear the birds sing' :(
So count yourself lucky, that you have both
2006-11-17 07:42:53 · answer #6 · answered by Coley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None, but if it has to come down to one, i'd be deaf over blind.. I want to see the world as it changes and i can still communicate and watch tv w/ subtitles on.
2006-11-17 07:39:53 · answer #7 · answered by claria 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would be deaf because the most important thing is to be able to see. If I was blind, I would rather be dead.
2006-11-17 07:43:29 · answer #8 · answered by youngwoman 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Neither but if i was made to choose i would be deaf i could not do with not being able to see my little girl grow up...
2006-11-17 07:36:24 · answer #9 · answered by emmamo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think i would prefer to be deaf if i had to choose cause i'm hard of hearing now at least i can still watch tv with subtitles and i can lip read. if i lost my sight i would miss seeing my little boy and family and friends and seeing everything thats wonderful in the world
2006-11-17 08:06:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither, but if I had to choose, I'd definitely rather be deaf.
I'm wayyyyy too visual a woman to want to lose my eyesight.
2006-11-17 07:49:07 · answer #11 · answered by vegetable soup 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋