Deaf or blind   stance: i would rather be deaf:
I would rather be deaf because they can practically cure deafness with a pretty awesome device. I'm not sure what the device or procedure is called, but what you wear a device on the outside of your ear that picks up sound. That device sends this sound to a device that is inserted into your brain, and through a series of nuerons, impulses, and electrical thingies "scientific term", you can hear. It's not exact, and it takes months for your brain to "learn" sound, but a lot of deaf people are having these surgeries.
They are working on something similiar for eyes, but it is much more complicated, as the eye has so many nerve endings/connections.