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- 51Թ comparison: oralism vs. manualism
oralism vs. manualism
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.
noun
- the theory or practice of education for the Deaf employing and promoting the use of sign language as the primary means of communication. Compare oralism.