Is there any tests that can be done to check a cats hearing? What do they do? Can cats get deaf with old age like us? Ginger is either deaf or very ignorant!! Last night i had to put my hands on the bed for him to actually realise i was there (although he could have been sleeping heavily). When i did wake him up, i tried watching the hairs in his ears for moving and couldnt notice anything. He does it when he is awake though, he is forever ignoring me when he is outside.