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Originally Posted by Charlie_Girl
I'm not certain how much he can hear.
When you watch him in warmups, he's focusing on the opposition. He freaked out Jeff Carter's Soo Greyhounds in the OHL playoffs one year. The entire warmup, he stood at centre ice and intensely stared down to their end of the ice. He had them so screwed up, he led his team from down 3-0 to take the series.
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I never knew about Downie's hearing problems so I was interested and did a little digging.
http://www.4hearingloss.com/archives...eing_able.html
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Downie, 18, is deaf in his right ear. Off the ice he wears a hearing aid discretely tucked into his ear but removes it to play hockey.
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"I can hear but not very well," said the Queensville, Ont., resident.
"I just play. I don't listen to anything. I just use my senses.
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