I love your new avatar Fiona! It's nice to see your smiling face up there. You're lovely.
As far as your question is concerned, as much as I love music, I think I'd rather be deaf. The thought of being in the dark (so to speak) and not knowing where I am, or what is in front of me would terrify me.
I had a deaf friend named Ernie, and he often went to the bar with me. He once explained to me he could still enjoy music because he could feel the vibrations. It certainly isn't the same thing as actually hearing music though. I should also add that Ernie was an excellent dancer.
But the idea of not being able to see really terrifies me.
Thanks for the lovely complement, I am blushing now !!! It was taken at the BBM meet we had here.I was very happy as you can see !
I guess one of the reasons going blind does not terrify me, not that I would like it, is I have seen how well people can adapt.They get talking books, gauges for cups so they know when they are full, large braille nos. on telephones,ovens etc,all sorts of gadgets to soften some of the blow.I would hardly say it is easy,I just think I would cope with it easier than no music, or hearing loved ones voices.
Interestingly, when people do lose their sight, they go through the same 7 stages of grief that you do with the deaf of a loved one.Ending with realistic acceptance.There sense of smell and hearing increases too.
Two of my favourite things are reading, so I would get talking books and music, playing piano, which I could do by feel, and listening to it which I could still do. It does mean I would never have seen BBM, Hmmm that's something I had not thought of. No Heath visuals, ah well I would still have that divine voice of his to listen to.