Cats can certainly learn to listen to a spoken command. It is particularly useful if the cat runs outside unexpectedly and you want it back quickly. This way you train your cat to come to you on command:
Start by making a certain sound before feeding the cat that you want to use later as your command. This can be a click of the tongue or the cat's name spoken in a certain tone of voice. In this way, the cat learns that this sound is followed by its food and begins to associate the two things with each other.
So if you call her with this command after some practice, the association with food will be made in the cat's brain and she will learn to come. It is important that she actually gets something every time she comes.
When the cat has got used to the command, call it from a shorter distance at first. Over time, you can increase the distance.
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