bobbimorses:

he became deaf in Hawkeye v1 #4

which lasted around 15 years (in which there were only about 10 references to his hearing loss- i could post those panels if you want)

until, after some extreme 90s alt-universe event where all the heroes ended up dead,

_{the “heroes reborn” universe, where the panel above is from}

he was revived in 1998 with completely restored hearing

it’s shown that he knows sign language when she-hulk attempts to unsubtly warn a revived hawkeye (after he died in avengers disassembled, not heroes reborn) of his impending doom

_{but he was napping in the jury}

now, clint’s been deafened again in #15 of the current run of hawkeye

and it seems it’s being retconned that clint had actually been deaf for a time in childhood, before he sacrificed his hearing in hawkeye v1

Great recap of the Hawkeye deafness (yay comics timeline!)