How to pass parameter to function using in addEventListener?

In the traditional way to add event listener:

function getComboA(sel) {
    var value = sel.options[sel.selectedIndex].value;  
}

<select id="comboA" onchange="getComboA(this)">
<option value="">Select combo</option>
<option value="Value1">Text1</option>
<option value="Value2">Text2</option>
<option value="Value3">Text3</option>
</select>

But I wanted to adapt to the addEventListener way:

productLineSelect.addEventListener('change',getSelection(this),false);

function getSelection(sel){
    var value = sel.options[sel.selectedIndex].value;
    alert(value);
}

It doesn't work because I can't pass any parameter in getSelection() as the second parameter in addEventListener method? As far as I know I can only use the function name without parenthesises.

Any idea?

BTW, please look at my previous question about console.log doesn't work in Safari 6.0 Developer Inspector, I can't write any output in the console, which is frustrating.

No need to pass anything in. The function used for addEventListener will automatically have this bound to the current element. Simply use this in your function:

productLineSelect.addEventListener('change', getSelection, false);

function getSelection() {
    var value = this.options[this.selectedIndex].value;
    alert(value);
}

Here's the fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/dJ4Wm/

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If you want to pass arbitrary data to the function, wrap it in your own anonymous function call:

productLineSelect.addEventListener('change', function() {
    foo('bar');
}, false);

function foo(message) {
    alert(message);
}

Here's the fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/t4Gun/

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If you want to set the value of this manually, you can use the call method to call the function:

var self = this;
productLineSelect.addEventListener('change', function() {
    getSelection.call(self);
    // This'll set the `this` value inside of `getSelection` to `self`
}, false);

function getSelection() {
    var value = this.options[this.selectedIndex].value;
    alert(value);
}