> For me, it was fascinating to see how our interactions changed over the course of the call. Everyone became more expressive in physical space. I found this t

> For me, it was fascinating to see how our interactions changed over the course of the call. Everyone became more expressive in physical space. I found this to be extremely useful, even when talking to people with normal hearing on a video call. Because the call omits so much context that is obvious when talking in person, it helps to overact emotions, especially if you don't want to take valuable speaking bandwidth. (Or worse, talk over someone, which happens much less elegantly over video call.) I took to overacting pretty immediately in the beginning of lockdowns, but noticed that I was one of the few doing it. And I am still not sure how to broach that conversation with people. "Hi, I notice that you're acting normally on this video call. It would be best for you to comically overact your emotions so that people can get a read on how you are reacting." Some examples include nodding - moving almost from chin touching chest to staring at the ceiling, smiling - mouth wide enough to almost hurt, with a bit of space between the top and bottom rows of teeth, thumbs up - holding it right next to my head for 3+ seconds, and reconsidering something - hand over chin, almost covering mouth, with my entire head oriented up and away from the camera. I've gotten good feedback on it, so I don't think it's just me being weird. But it does sound odd now that I've written the examples out.