I had not really thought a lot about this. I have spent most of my life in the hearing world. I do not have a dominating personality, and tended to avoid people who had to be in my face while talking to me, bored holes in my head with their eyes during a conversation, felt like it was O.K. to always be touching me. This is all, to me at least, very agressive behavior. Sexual, social, whatever. I know many species of animals will attack or retreat based on whether of not you stare into their eyes. Like Reba and many others, I was taught that staring was rude.
Then there is the thing "don't think about an elephant". Remember that one? Best illustration is a movie I saw where an actress had a huge mole on her face. Our hero found himself repeatedly refering to that mole throughout their conversation. Lol!
As I think about this subject, I can see how my prior behavior has changed with me loosing my hearing. I do tend to try to get people to face me and look me in the eye when we are trying to communicate. I can no longer catch small nuances in their voice that change the meaning of their words. A lot of that, as you well know, shows up in facial expressions and even with stone faces, in their eyes. And I never before noticed how many people talk without moving their lips! Ahhh... but the eyes are a horse of a different color! 
