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as a hearing person specially growing up in a family where everyone can hear.. eye contact isn't really something that we are taught to do when talking to someone (cuz its not realy needed since the person can hear you without you looking at them) my parents for one.. taught me that yes looking a person in the eye while talking to them is a sign of respect (but sometimes i find myself looking away because i feel i'm being judged.. or i'm staring at the person who is talking to me) so.. its not like we "preffer" not to look at the person while they speak ..i just never learned that looking at the person is really important.... but then again..i'm used to it now (since my boyfriend is deaf) so it bugs me a lot when someone isn't looking at me when they speak to me.. to sum it all up ..hearing people don't look at hearing people when they speak not because they lack the respect..they just take it for granted..and most likely don't find as much importance or put too much significance in the action...