Washington Redskin Reed Doughty is losing his hearing. The pro-safety is going into his 5th NFL seatson and will start Sunday in the season opener against the Dallas Cowboys. His hearing loss was inherited from his father and continues to worsen as he gets older. Doughty now wears hearing aids at team meetings, but not on the field because of background noise from the crowd. He is known for doing a lot of volunteer work with groups such as the National Kidney Foundation (his son had a kidney transplant) and the Spinal Research Foundation.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
NFL Starter Battles Hearing Lose
Washington Redskin Reed Doughty is losing his hearing. The pro-safety is going into his 5th NFL seatson and will start Sunday in the season opener against the Dallas Cowboys. His hearing loss was inherited from his father and continues to worsen as he gets older. Doughty now wears hearing aids at team meetings, but not on the field because of background noise from the crowd. He is known for doing a lot of volunteer work with groups such as the National Kidney Foundation (his son had a kidney transplant) and the Spinal Research Foundation.
