oralism

American  

[awr-uh-liz-uhm, ohr-] / ˈɔr əˌlɪz əm, ˈoʊr- /

noun

1. the theory, practice, or advocacy of education for the Deaf chiefly or exclusively through lipreading, training in speech production, and training of residual hearing.

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Etymology

Origin of oralism

First recorded in 1880–85; oral + -ism

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• oralism vs. manualism

Example Sentences

"I got a lot of backlash from certain people in that community because I was promoting oralism."

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2017

It’s a parallel with deaf education in the late 19th-century, when oralism was forced on deaf students in the belief that this would improve their education.

From The Guardian • Oct. 29, 2015

Unlike ASL, oralism was committed to English: written, lip-read and spoken.

From Time Magazine Archive

Only a minority of institutions practice pure oralism anymore; but a babel of challenges to ASL remain.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1880, however, educators reverted to a philosophy called oralism.

From Time Magazine Archive