"Hearing is among the first abilities humans acquire but the last we lose."

[eeshu]

"Hearing is among the first abilities humans acquire but the last we lose."

How can I improve the sentence above?

 

[Tarheel]

Perhaps:

Of all the senses, the sense of hearing is the most developed at birth. It's also the last we lose.

 

[eeshu]

Perhaps:

Of all the senses, the sense of hearing is the most developed at birth. It's also the last we lose.

But it's not acquired at birth.

 

[tedmc]

How about:
The sense of hearing is among the first that humans acquire and the last to lose?

 

[Tarheel]

Perhaps:

People are born deaf, but the sense of hearing is nonetheless one of the most developed at birth.

 

[5jj]

Babies can hear long before they are born.

Given that many people become deaf as they grow older, I'd say it was one of the first faculties we lose.

 

[Rover_KE]

eeshu. I've changed your thread title. Titles must include some or all of the words or phrases you're asking about.

 

[emsr2d2]

Given that many people become deaf as they grow older, I'd say it was one of the first faculties we lose.

I think the original is trying to get at the fact that most medical professionals believe that, even when a person is in the final stages of dying, they can still hear what's going on around them. It's supposedly the last sense to go before death.