oralism

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

口头主义,口语主义,口头禅,口头语

Definitions

n.名词 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.

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.
At this time, my parents were unaware that the choice between oralism and ASL was very political.