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.