Throughout Clint's time in the Marvel comics, Hawkeye has dealt with some degree of hearing loss. On the show, his need for a hearing aid is attributed to being in too many loud battles (which makes sense), but in the comics his hearing loss comes with a more tragic twist. In Fraction and Aja's story, Hawkeye reveals his hearing loss is due to his abusive father. After a run-in with a character known as The Clown, he loses his hearing completely.