# Deaf/hearing-impaired people in sports?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [January 9, 2018, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deaf-hearing-impaired-people-in-sports/806217 "2018-01-09T07:42:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deaf-hearing-impaired-people-in-sports/806217/21 "2018-01-11T03:04:44Z")

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MMA fighter [Matt “The Hammer” Hamill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Hamill)

Also see the Wikipedia category [Deaf sportspeople](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deaf_sportspeople).

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deaf-hearing-impaired-people-in-sports/806217/22 "2018-01-11T03:15:20Z")

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Hockey player [Steve Downie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Downie) is deaf in his right ear from [otosclerosis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otosclerosis).

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