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oral method

oral method In this historical usage, the oral method is an approach to educating deaf people that teaches speech by having them imitate the visible movements of the lips and voice in speaking, while also training them to understand others by watching lip movements.

In this historical usage, the oral method is an approach to educating deaf people that teaches speech by having them imitate the visible movements of the lips and voice in speaking, while also training them to understand others by watching lip movements. When used together with the manual alphabet, it was called the combined method.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Deafness and the Deaf” (Deafness and the Deaf).
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