-The Dave- wrote:
That's a no brainer... It's easier to live without hearing than eye sight.

sez you. if i could no longer listen to music, i'd dive off the nearest tall structure...and i'd be able to spot a sufficiently hard landing spot.

where's the good with seeing the wind rustling through the trees, when you can't hear it? i'd rather not see it, but hear it, imho.

but i'd rather keep all five, as long as i can. if one sense had to go, i'd ditch taste. hell, i could lose some weight that way.

GK photo wrote:
sez you.

Yup, I've been almost deaf since birth, it stops me little and it's easier to hear with your eyes than to see with your ears...

-The Dave- wrote:
Yup, I've been almost deaf since birth, it stops me little and it's easier to hear with your eyes than to see with your ears...

yeah, but spacial awareness is greatly enhanced with ears. eyes can only see (roughly) 180 degrees. you can't see what's behind you...without mirrors.

GK photo wrote:

yeah, but spacial awareness is greatly enhanced with ears. eyes can only see (roughly) 180 degrees. you can't see what's behind you...without mirrors.

Why would anyone need to see behind them?  lol

Naughty Ties wrote:
Why would anyone need to see behind them?  lol

you aren't getting the point. and really, even though human peripheral eyesight is (more or less) 180 degrees, most folks are locked into roughly 20 degrees of eyesight. what good does eyesight do you, if you can't hear a car barreling at you from the rear? or, that lion that is about to eat you?

sure, sight and sound are both integral, but i was just saying that if i had to pick one, i'd keep hearing. and not just for selfish reasons. i actually think hearing would be more beneficial to my existence.

obviously, others will disagree.

Lovely Day Media wrote:
If someone told you that you were going to lose one of your senses and you could choose which one, would it be your eyesight or your hearing? Why do you so choose?

Well, I'm already doing quite well with losing my hearing. It isn't so bad.
I'd hate to be blind.

-The Dave- wrote:

Yup, I've been almost deaf since birth, it stops me little and it's easier to hear with your eyes than to see with your ears...

I was half-deaf as a kid, then got tubes in my ears.
I feel like now the Bionic woman theme repeats in my head; I hear everything.

I used to read lips at 4 years old.
Very frustrating not being able to hear I was told.

-The Dave- wrote:
That's a no brainer... It's easier to live without hearing than eye sight.

This.

I've had tinnitus for over 10 yrs.....it sucks, & it is always getting louder.
My eyes any day of the week, & twice on Sundays.

GK photo wrote:
i wonder if anyone has ever done a study, whereby they take people and deny them of sight on one day, then hearing on the other. that would be a good study. or two or three days each.

then one could quantify which sense is more important, in relative terms.

Unless it's Beethoven, I don't see how anyone could value their ears over their eyes.

Cherrystone wrote:
Unless it's Beethoven, I don't see how anyone could value their ears over their eyes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r92A7ndnZk

I've had many good conversations over the phone.
A sexy voice is to die for.

Amadea T wrote:
I like my music loud.
In the car, at concerts, in the club.

I'm pretty much comitted to having a hearing aid by age 40.

ask cherry. it's not a total loss of hearing, if you get tinnitus. it's a constant ringing/buzzing in your ears. turn it down in the car, and start wearing ear plugs at clubs/concerts. once you get use to them, the music actually sounds better. they have some new types now that aren't the old foam types. they basically reduce the sound levels, but retain most of the frequency range of what you are listening to. 

i'm 50, and have a lot of friends now who have tinnitus. it does not sound like anything i'd want any part of. and i've been to hundreds of concerts in my life, and played in some loud bands. i just knew i wanted my hearing when i got to this age.

GK photo wrote:

ask cherry. it's not a total loss of hearing, if you get tinnitus. it's a constant ringing/buzzing in your ears. turn it down in the car, and start wearing ear plugs at clubs/concerts. once you get use to them, the music actually sounds better. they have some new types now that aren't the old foam types. they basically reduce the sound levels, but retain most of the frequency range of what you are listening to. 

i'm 50, and have a lot of friends now who have tinnitus. it does not sound like anything i'd want any part of. and i've been to hundreds of concerts in my life, and played in some loud bands. i just knew i wanted my hearing when i got to this age.

My tinnitus is more like electronic feedback and it didn't come from loud music. I have been to so few concerts I can count them on one hand. My issues came from head injuries and other issues that are still being investigated. I'm not saying you shouldn't protect your hearing though. It sucks to have hearing loss in both ears but it's not bad enough to be corrected. My kids make fun of me and sometimes think I am ignoring them or not listening to them when in fact I just can't hear them.

Cherrystone wrote:
Unless it's Beethoven, I don't see how anyone could value their ears over their eyes.

There is vanilla, chocolate and strawberry for a reason.  I've been without my ears (in effect) for a few days. I've been without eyesight in one eye for a few days, too. I'd much rather go without my eyes.

Cherrystone wrote:

This.

I've had tinnitus for over 10 yrs.....it sucks, & it is always getting louder.
My eyes any day of the week, & twice on Sundays.

Absolutely

Eyes are the windows to the soul...

Isis22 wrote:

My tinnitus is more like electronic feedback and it didn't come from loud music. I have been to so few concerts I can count them on one hand. My issues came from head injuries and other issues that are still being investigated. I'm not saying you shouldn't protect your hearing though. It sucks to have hearing loss in both ears but it's not bad enough to be corrected. My kids make fun of me and sometimes think I am ignoring them or not listening to them when in fact I just can't hear them.

sorry to hear that. were you concussed repeatedly? that's one of the unfortunate long term ailments a lot of ex nfl football players are dealing with as well. so is your tinnitus something that is just generally 'in your head'? as opposed to appearing to emanate from inside your ears? my loud music (or workplace) hearing damaged friends can state the buzzing is more like it's in their ears.

oh, and slap those kids! how cruel.

DEP E510 wrote:
Eyes are the windows to the soul...

I dunno. I lived with an old blind man many years ago. He could see much better than I. In fact, he used to get a chuckle out of asking me questions. When I would answer, he would tell me to go look. It was (forgive the pun), an eye-opening and very humbling experience. . . . . .  If only I could see as well as he . . . . .

Whenever I think of him (he has long passed), I think of the song "Daniel" by Elton John . . . . . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36EgsHidqzY

Lovely Day Media wrote:
Given a choice, I wouldn't wish the loss of either sense on anyone, but if I have to choose which one I'd lose, it would be my eyesight.

Yeah, maybe..., but in my case... I am a visual artist as a painter and photographer... I am not a musician... I express myself via visual work as well.

I'd prefer the silence of deafness, over living in a world of eternal darkness...

Btw., Beethoven, didn't have a problem being deaf...

Cherrystone wrote:
Unless it's Beethoven, I don't see how anyone could value their ears over their eyes.

Beethoven created some of his greatest work, during the time when he was nearly completely deaf...

udor wrote:
Beethoven created some of his greatest work, during the time when he was nearly completely deaf...

sure, but he already knew how the tones would be represented, after years of hearing them actually played, on all the instruments he was scoring for. just sayin'.

GK photo wrote:

sorry to hear that. were you concussed repeatedly? that's one of the unfortunate long term ailments a lot of ex nfl football players are dealing with as well. so is your tinnitus something that is just generally 'in your head'? as opposed to appearing to emanate from inside your ears? my loud music (or workplace) hearing damaged friends can state the buzzing is more like it's in their ears.

oh, and slap those kids! how cruel.

Yes, repeated concussions, but my ENT really thinks you need one really bad head injury(which I have had) to really do the damage. I would saying the tinnitus is IN my ears. I noticed it when I first moved to this apartment but honestly I could have had it years before then. So, It's been around 5 years at least. My vision issues started at age 13. I still say take my hearing. I am a visual person and learn visually as well.

GK photo wrote:

you aren't getting the point. and really, even though human peripheral eyesight is (more or less) 180 degrees, most folks are locked into roughly 20 degrees of eyesight. what good does eyesight do you, if you can't hear a car barreling at you from the rear? or, that lion that is about to eat you?

sure, sight and sound are both integral, but i was just saying that if i had to pick one, i'd keep hearing. and not just for selfish reasons. i actually think hearing would be more beneficial to my existence.

obviously, others will disagree.

I'm getting the point, I just think you're taking your point to an extreme level is all. Never had a car come barreling at me from behind...ever. lol From the side maybe it could happen but then if a person is aware of a hearing loss they would take extra precautions when crossing a street. And the thing about the lion....surely that's a jest. Unless one lives in a jungle of course. lol

To each his own for sure.

GK photo wrote:
ask cherry. it's not a total loss of hearing, if you get tinnitus. it's a constant ringing/buzzing in your ears. turn it down in the car, and start wearing ear plugs at clubs/concerts. once you get use to them, the music actually sounds better. they have some new types now that aren't the old foam types. they basically reduce the sound levels, but retain most of the frequency range of what you are listening to. 

i'm 50, and have a lot of friends now who have tinnitus. it does not sound like anything i'd want any part of. and i've been to hundreds of concerts in my life, and played in some loud bands. i just knew i wanted my hearing when i got to this age.

I hate ear buds and head phones bc I have sensitive ears.

Brixton academy some decade ago. Prodigy and Audio Bullies to warm up..
I had to shred a tampon and put the cotton in my ears. Worked like a charm.

Tinnitus is not just a pain in the ass for noise but also for balance.
My nana keeps getting nauseous from it.


Also another point for seeing: I can't hear my good being ready but I can see that black is brown enough when it comes to the toaster...

Amadea T wrote:

I hate ear buds and head phones bc I have sensitive ears.

Brixton academy some decade ago. Prodigy and Audio Bullies to warm up..
I had to shred a tampon and put the cotton in my ears. Worked like a charm.

Tinnitus is not just a pain in the ass for noise but also for balance.
My nana keeps getting nauseous from it.

Tinnitus and vertigo do not always go together. I went 4 years until I got the dizziness and crap. Look up Meniere's Disease, my aunt has it and I am still trying to be diagnosed with it. My aunt has no issues now since they put her on a simple diuretic.