1. a person who discriminates against or prejudices deaf or hard-of-hearing people; one who practices audism.
Usage: often used in Deaf community discourse; can be pejorative

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of audism; discriminatory toward deaf or hard-of-hearing people.
Usage: often used in Deaf community discourse

Examples

• The school's audist policies failed to provide adequate sign language interpreters.
• She criticized the audist assumptions embedded in the hearing-centered curriculum.
• An audist approach to education prioritizes spoken language over visual communication methods.
• The organization worked to combat audist attitudes in the workplace.
• He was accused of making audist remarks about deaf employees.