| The first was published in 1908 by J. Schuyler Long, a principal at the Iowa School for the Deaf and an opponent of pure oralism. |
| 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. |
| At this time, my parents were unaware that the choice between oralism and ASL was very political. |
| Although Gallaudet acknowledged the need for oralism, he believed in the value of sign language, and he subsequently emerged as a spokesman for manualism. |
| Most researchers have identified British reliance on fingerspelling as at least a precursor to oralism. |
| The school favored the method of instruction called oralism, in which students were taught to reproduce sounds by imitating the position of the lips of hearing people. |
