diff --git a/src/app/hooks/useCallJoinLeaveSounds.ts b/src/app/hooks/useCallJoinLeaveSounds.ts
index 0c54dc311..535802d84 100644
--- a/src/app/hooks/useCallJoinLeaveSounds.ts
+++ b/src/app/hooks/useCallJoinLeaveSounds.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
 import { CallMembership } from 'matrix-js-sdk/lib/matrixrtc/CallMembership';
-import { CallEmbed } from '../plugins/call';
+import { useSetAtom } from 'jotai';
+import { CallEmbed, useCallControlState } from '../plugins/call';
 import { useSetting } from '../state/hooks/settings';
 import { settingsAtom } from '../state/settings';
 import { useMatrixClient } from './useMatrixClient';
@@ -8,6 +9,9 @@ import { useCallMembersChange, useCallSession } from './useCall';
 import { useCallJoined } from './useCallEmbed';
 import { playCallJoinSound, playCallLeaveSound } from '../utils/callSounds';
 import { createCallSoundDebouncer } from '../utils/callSoundDebounce';
+import { toastQueueAtom } from '../state/toast';
+import { DEAFEN_CATCHUP_MIN_MS, deafenCatchUpText } from '../utils/deafenCatchUp';
+import { getMemberName } from '../utils/room';
 
 const membershipKey = (m: CallMembership): string => `${m.sender}|${m.deviceId}`;
 const userOfKey = (key: string): string => key.slice(0, key.indexOf('|'));
@@ -30,6 +34,40 @@ export function useCallJoinLeaveSounds(embed: CallEmbed): void {
   const styleRef = useRef(style);
   styleRef.current = style;
 
+  // [Gitea #128] Undeafen catch-up: snapshot who is here when you deafen, diff
+  // when you undeafen, one toast if it changed and you were deafened ≥ 10 s.
+  // Rides the same membership stream as the sounds — no new subscriptions.
+  const { sound } = useCallControlState(embed.control);
+  const setToast = useSetAtom(toastQueueAtom);
+  const usersNow = useRef<Set<string>>(new Set());
+  const deafenedAt = useRef<{ at: number; users: Set<string> } | null>(null);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!joined) {
+      deafenedAt.current = null;
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!sound) {
+      if (!deafenedAt.current)
+        deafenedAt.current = { at: Date.now(), users: new Set(usersNow.current) };
+      return;
+    }
+    const snap = deafenedAt.current;
+    deafenedAt.current = null;
+    if (!snap || Date.now() - snap.at < DEAFEN_CATCHUP_MIN_MS) return;
+    const text = deafenCatchUpText(snap.users, usersNow.current, (u) =>
+      getMemberName(embed.room, u),
+    );
+    if (text) {
+      setToast({
+        id: `deafen-catchup-${Date.now()}`,
+        displayName: 'Lotus Chat',
+        body: text,
+        roomName: embed.room.name ?? 'Voice call',
+        roomId: embed.roomId,
+      });
+    }
+  }, [sound, joined, embed, setToast]);
+
   // One debouncer per joined call, so pending leave cues die with the call.
   const debouncerRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof createCallSoundDebouncer> | null>(null);
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -62,6 +100,9 @@ export function useCallJoinLeaveSounds(embed: CallEmbed): void {
         const next = new Set(members.map(membershipKey));
         const prev = prevKeysRef.current ?? next;
         prevKeysRef.current = next;
+        usersNow.current = new Set(
+          Array.from(next, userOfKey).filter((u) => u !== mx.getSafeUserId()),
+        );
 
         const debouncer = debouncerRef.current;
         if (!joined || style === 'off' || !debouncer) return;
diff --git a/src/app/utils/deafenCatchUp.test.ts b/src/app/utils/deafenCatchUp.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33903ff72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/utils/deafenCatchUp.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { test } from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { deafenCatchUpText } from './deafenCatchUp';
+
+const name = (u: string) => u.slice(1, u.indexOf(':'));
+
+test('no change → nothing; joins and leaves are listed, capped at 3 + N more', () => {
+  assert.equal(deafenCatchUpText(new Set(['@a:x']), new Set(['@a:x']), name), null);
+  assert.equal(
+    deafenCatchUpText(new Set(['@a:x', '@c:x']), new Set(['@a:x', '@b:x']), name),
+    'While you were deafened: b joined · c left',
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    deafenCatchUpText(new Set(), new Set(['@a:x', '@b:x', '@c:x', '@d:x', '@e:x']), name),
+    'While you were deafened: a, b, c and 2 more joined',
+  );
+});
diff --git a/src/app/utils/deafenCatchUp.ts b/src/app/utils/deafenCatchUp.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0e5294bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/utils/deafenCatchUp.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/**
+ * [Gitea #128] "While you were deafened: Alice, Bob joined · Cole left".
+ * Pure diff + wording; the hook snapshots the participant set on deafen and
+ * calls this on undeafen.
+ */
+export const DEAFEN_CATCHUP_MIN_MS = 10_000;
+const MAX_NAMES = 3;
+
+const list = (names: string[]): string => {
+  const shown = names.slice(0, MAX_NAMES);
+  const more = names.length - shown.length;
+  return more > 0 ? `${shown.join(', ')} and ${more} more` : shown.join(', ');
+};
+
+export const deafenCatchUpText = (
+  before: Set<string>,
+  after: Set<string>,
+  nameOf: (userId: string) => string,
+): string | null => {
+  const joined = Array.from(after).filter((u) => !before.has(u));
+  const left = Array.from(before).filter((u) => !after.has(u));
+  if (joined.length === 0 && left.length === 0) return null;
+  const parts: string[] = [];
+  if (joined.length) parts.push(`${list(joined.map(nameOf))} joined`);
+  if (left.length) parts.push(`${list(left.map(nameOf))} left`);
+  return `While you were deafened: ${parts.join(' · ')}`;
+};