Research findings show that deaf learners who read at or below the fourth-grade reading level may lack phonological processing, which include the ability to decode phonetically spelled English words. The purpose of this case study was to determine how severely profound deaf adults will respond to instruction in CS in terms of their initial…

Struggling deaf readers, like struggling readers with dyslexia, share similarities in their difficulty with phonemic awareness, decoding, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Orton-Gillingham instruction is used to remediate these difficulties among hearing readers, but data is needed on its effectiveness with deaf students. Five subjects, who…