<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/pandemic-reflections-improving-communications-with-deaf-and-or-hard-of-hearing-individuals.html" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>05/03/2021</pubDate><title>Pandemic Reflections: Improving Communications with Deaf and/or Hard of Hearing Individuals</title><author/><image><img src="/images/news_images/Pandemic-Reflections-Improving-Communications-with-Deaf-Hard-Hearing-Individuals.jpeg" alt="Two women wearing face masks sit across from each other at a desk in an office. One woman appears to be using hand gestures while communicating with the other, who is responding with her hands raised. A tablet and office supplies are visible on the desk, and a whiteboard stands in the background."/></image><caption/><thumbnail/><description>The events of the past year – from the pandemic to civil rights protests to instances of political violence – have, understandably and for a variety of interwoven reasons, cause...</description></item>