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Sound, because it would be easier than learning sign language, I generally prefer music over paintings, and I wouldn't get distracted when meditating, because I wouldn't see anything. Plus, if I lost my hearing I would never get out of bed because my alarm wouldn't help.
 

it would have to be my sight that i would keep, as my sense of physical security (especially outside) would diminish further if i lost that.

interesting question though, thanks.
 

Sound, because of Bach.
 

I would keep my sense of sound, because my imagination can fill in the images for me, but I'm not sure I could handle never hearing music or the voices of my loved ones ever again. It's a close call though. What happens when I start to forget what familiar things and people look like? Loss of either would be tragic, I think.
 

It would depend on who or what was forcing me to make such a rash choice and on where they were keeping me while they forced me.
 

ILL KEEP THEM BOTH!!
because i like them both !
 

I would choose to keep my sight because I would think it easier to function deaf than blind.
And then I would slowly come to regret it. it.
 

i must keep my sight. i love music and the sound of my children breathing and wind in the trees. but i need to see the soccer ball and the eyes of everyone.....they say so much more that thier words can ever convey.
 

I would keep my sight because I wouldn't want to be left in the dark.
 

Sigh, what a choice. Can I say "it depends"?

If the internet is denied us, and if radio is still available, I'd choose hearing; otherwise, sight.

Ultimately, it would be ideal to be able to shut either off at will, providing you can turn it back on at will, too!
 

i would rather keep my sight, it would be a different question if you asked wich would you rather not been born with, if you lost your sight it would be a harder adjustment in your life than if you lost your hearing. if you lost hearing you would still be able to speak and understand lip reading alot easier.
 

I'd keep sight. I can live without music and I'm not really fond of loud noises. Although I would miss listening to the radio.
 

When I was younger I would have chosen to keep my sight, there is just so much to see in this world.
Now that I am in my 50's, I would keep my hearing.
I would give up watching myself age!
 

I would keep my sight. To me, living without sight would be hell. I work on a computer for a living and I do needlework for pleasure. Without work and pleasure is there really a reason to exist?
 

Easy-sight. Music & conversation is great & I would certainly miss it, but to lose sight would cage me for the rest of my life.
I would much rather be free & able to travel & "see" everything around me, especially loved ones.
Sound would, as mentioned, be missed but silence is not all bad. Total darkness is very, very bad.
 

sound -for one i have a hard time hearing anyhow(too much loud music when i was young) secondly,sight for me is like sound (seeing a waterfall -i can feel the sound of it by seeing the flow of the water has it rushes down the river with its white caps. i can feel the roar of the of the waterfall as it hits the rocks and river below.) besides without my sight i might fall into the river and be washed away
 

i would gladly give up my hearing so long as my bloody tinnitus went aswell.god i miss the silence
 

Everyone who claimed they'd give up their eyesight and keep their hearing is full of crap. Beethoven, Bach & Brahms be damned. It's not even a close decision, and they know it. The senses are not equal. Sight trumps hearing.
 

I'd keep my eyes. I love to read and watch things. Sounds are okay, but most sounds these days are people talking, and most people are full of crap any way.