If you had to lose one of your senses, which would you choose to lose- sight, hearing or speech, and why.?

Question

Tito Bob- you're right- I should have used the word 'abilities' instead of senses- Thanks, and good luck with the chemo.

Answer 1

SPEECH (surprise to ALL my family & friends. I know!)
I know how to write. Remember, you didn't say anything about 'comprehending'.
Sometime's I try to spend time not speaking, makes for a better listener.

Answer 2

I am already partially deaf, and personally, I think i could deal with loosing me hearing more than my speech and eyesight. Hearing is important, but there are other ways that you can "hear". Like for example, in class, i don't really "listen" to the teacher. Instead I "read" what the teacher is saying (I'm refering to lip reading here). I don't believe that I would miss it very much, not hearing some people's voices, the birds, and all those annoying sounds that drive people crazy. Best part? You won't hear all the rumors people spread about you, and the gossip, therefore you will be innocent, and people can't say that were the one who spread it, simply because you can't hear, so what you don't hear, you don't know. I also find many people who have disabilities to show higher abilities than people who are normal.
And at least please give those people some credit, don't call them "stupid" because it really does hurt, someone who already has very low self-esteem (I'm not saying that I'm that way anymore. Personally I love myself as i am, and i don't care what people say about me)

Answer 3

That's a tough one. I would have to say speech. Hearing and sight have to do with your ability to intake information. You wouldn't be able to intake information by looking at something if you lost your sight. And if you lost your hearing you wouldn't be able to intake information by listening to someone or something. I think this would make life more difficult than losing your speech. Then you would only lose a way to communicate to others, and theres many other ways to do that, sign language, body language, facial expressions, writing, writing on the computer, etc. I think speech would be the easiest one to do without.

Answer 4

Well I'm sort of a shy person and I don't talk much(sometimes) so I would choose to loose speach. Plus I could learn sign language and tlk to people that way, so I guess I wouldn't be looseing so much!!!

Answer 5

Speech is not one of the senses. You forgot the other senses - taste, smell, touch, balance, kinesthetic, and common. I lost the sense of taste during chemotherapy (no salt, sweet, sour, or bitter) and it was awful. You lose the sense of smell during a bad head cold, but it's not as bad. (My father was born without a sense of smell, and he managed OK.) That's the one I would pick.

Answer 6

Hearing, my brother is deaf and I already know sign language. Plus since I can hear before I lost it, it would be easier to read lips. You would still be able to talk and see.

Answer 7

speech, because then I could still communicate and see and do the artwork I love to do. To hear the voices of my loved ones and I wouldn't be tempted to say anyting stupid.