 The Deaf Man is not actually deaf; this is just another layer of disguise and misdirection.He wears a hearing aid, and uses odd pseudonyms referring to deafness.Examples include "L. Sordo" ("el sordo" means "the deaf man" in Spanish), "Mort Orecchio" (roughly "dead ear" in Italian), "Den Dove" ("den döve" means "The deaf" in Swedish) and D. R. Taubmann ("der taub Mann" meaning "the deaf man" in German).