I like this thread. Nothing I can say hasnt been said before. But I watch Megladon talk to people and/or his family and I see the same thing. This is all just my opinion btw.
Eye contact is used to establish a connection, and then once it's there, theres only a need to look again maybe once or twice.
With family we all know it's different, eye contact means you're paying attention, but just with family.
Being deaf and a lip reader puts you in a position where you're always looking at the person. Have you noticed they get all fidgety when you're lipreading? Or they take a moment to look away? I think it's unintentional intimidation.
And besides, do you really want to be making eye contact? It's almost not possible to look at both eyes on a person, and looking at one eye is really bizarre. Even worse if you're looking from eye to eye (as my friend Angie does, it's sooooo creepy.)
