A thought I had...

although I'm sure I'm not the first to have thought of it since it seems so cliche:

Ray Charles was blind, so he used his ears to make music...
Van Gogh cut off his ear, but he didn't really need it since he used his eyes to make art...

I heard that when one doesn't have all five senses, that the other senses develop to compensate for the lost one...

nope...that's all...