This article seeks to create a space for reflection, based on readings that address more intimately the issue of the deaf individual and the relationship that is established between psycholinguistics and sign language. Traditionally, the treatment of the deaf by phonoaudiology has been subsidized by the oralist perspective, supported by the normalization of orality and focused on practices far from the social uses of language. Therefore, we will review the psychosocial factors and historical conceptions that elucidate the attitudes towards the deaf since antiquity and examine the reasons for the changes in the educational approach, from oralism to total communication and bilingualism. Likewise, we will try to think about how the aspects of deaf children's education take place since deafness is seen as a pedagogical paradigm. To achieve a higher level of awareness and to put it into practice it is important to consider the objective and subjective conditions, the socio-economic-cultural context and the ways of thinking of the various segments of society.
Martins dos Santos, A. C. (2020). Reflections on the oralization of the deaf and aspects of their education. Revista Enfoques Educacionales, 17(1), 13–25. https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7279.2020.52419
