@hawkssr

That’s a happy ending. As for driving, Deaf people drive all the time. Those of us who have certain degrees of loss and the culturally Deaf are probably the most careful drivers around. We use our eyes more and are habitually looking for emergency vehicles and generally don’t have music blasting. I have a profound loss but I do hear emergency sirens when they are closer rather than afar. I bet I can spot them before a normal hearing person can. I can hear certain sounds on my dashboard like the turn signals and seatbelt reminders. All these sounds seem to be within my very narrow range of hearing.
I would be more worried about dad’s eyesight as he ages. As for speaking loudly…that’s usually not the way to address someone who has a hearing loss. It’s better to face that person and speak directly and not too fast. And we generally can’t hear if you whisper in our ear.
There are many free speech to text apps that he can use to help him along in his daily interactions and also the cell phone app Innocaption+.

FL Mary