Afzaal, Hafiz Muhammad2019-02-042019-02-042017https://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/3644Dr. Faisal AnisReading development is the basic component of getting education. Where students with hearing impairment are troubled about their education, there they have a great problem about their reading. Reading development is the basic need for the all students especially students with hearing impairment who lack in reading development. Researcher used true experimental research design to conduct study. The population of the study were students with hearing impairment. The sample was selected randomly for this research and district Lahore was selected for this purpose. A sample of the study was consist of 20 students with hearing impairment of class 7th having sever to profound degree of hearing loss who were selected randomly. Ten students were selected for the control group and ten students were selected for the experimental group. These two groups were homogeneous in nature so, the results of both groups can be easily compared. Experimental group was taught by the strategy of sign language stories as well as control group was taught by traditional method. Two instruments were used to see the reading development of the students with hearing impairment before and after the treatment. Data was analyzed and independent sample t-test & paired sample t-test were used to compare the results of both groups. There was a statistical significant difference in the pre-test and post-test of experimental group whereas there was no statistical significant difference in the results of control group. Researcher founded that teaching through sign language stories has a great effect on the reading development of the students with hearing impairment. Researcher recommended that the reading skills of the students with hearing impairment can be increased through the use of sign language stories.enReading development , basic component of getting education, hearing impairmentM.philThesis