Show dropdown selected value as normal text

Show dropdown selected value as normal text

Hi,
 
I use jQuery in a sharepoint environment and I have a form with a lookup value(dropdown), I set the selected value of the dropdown from code based on a query string parameter.
When I disable the dropdown the value will be ignored when posting the form, currently I hide the dropdown which will save the value on post but will ot show on page.
 
The question is,
 
Can I use jQuery to get the selected value and display this a normal text?
 
wim