[Quiet Man Cometh]

Oh yeah. He'll get there. It will just take some getting used to. There will just be a new routine. My guy went deaf when we was around 8-9 (I had my little dog Monty for 13 years so I can talk about him a lot ;)) and he would get startled now and then but he got used to things pretty fast, and I adapted to taking his deafness into account (little things like tapping the end of his tail to get his attention, or adding hand signals to my speech so he learned them. He was a people watcher by nature, and I swear, he learned how to read lips...). I'm sure your cat will be just fine. :)