[Darkwolf377]

Good to know. Oddly enough, the other day while on the train I did one of those time-wasters we sometimes do, and wondered if i had to give up sight or hearing, which would I give up? I figured hearing right off, but the more I thought about it, and my 35,000 songs on itunes, and my 5000 LPs and 2000 CDs, I came to a stalemate. So I find it astonishing that some folks wouldn’t want to hear, though of course I understand where they’re coming from as a matter of tribal pride. I want to tell them “You don’t know what you’re missing.” And in many cases, of course, they don’t, and don’t want to alter their identity as if something’s wrong with them. But...

[Louis Foxwell]

My grandparents were deaf, using only sign language for communications. My family has been in service to this population for nearly a century.
The impact of deafness is devastating on social and intellectual development. The deep and abiding love we share with many of these wonderful people is anathema to much of the hearing world.
Deaf people experience vicious discrimination. They are enslaved, humiliated and cheated with unerring consistency. Their comfort is found almost esclusively in deaf communities. They are a minority unnoticed when not abused.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

I’ve had the same wonder, myself. I don’t know that there is an “easy choice” over sight or hearing. I think losing sight would be the most difficult to adapt to, and yet, to never again hear my children laugh with joy... that would be a special kind of pain that would be difficult to overcome.

The idea of losing one of my senses makes me that much more grateful that the creator gave me all five.

[Nea Wood]

I read once that Helen Keller had stated that if she could miraculously receive either her hearing or her sight, she’d choose to hear. She said being deaf made her feel very lonely.