oralism
[ awr-uh-liz-uh m, ohr- ]
/ ˈɔr əˌlɪz əm, ˈoʊr- /
noun
the theory, practice, or advocacy of education for the deaf chiefly or exclusively through lipreading, training in speech production, and training of residual hearing.
Compare
manualism.
Words nearby oralism
oral stage,
oral surgery,
oral tradition,
oral-formulaic,
orale,
oralism,
oralist,
orality,
oran,
orang,
orang-utan
Example sentences from the Web for oralism
In the early 80s, oralism (an educational technique with heavy emphasis on lip-reading and speech) was quite popular.
Advocates of oralism said that with enough effort and time, I could learn how to speak and hear.