Assisted Reading with Digital Audiobooks for Students with Reading Disabilities

Conclusion

The present study adds to the existing knowledge base by studying the effects 

of assisted reading methodology with commercially-produced digital audiobooks 

and MP3 players. Results showed that upper elementary students with reading 

disabilities demonstrated a greater increase in reading fluency rates when assisted 

reading with digital audiobooks was utilized as compared to the control group 

that participated in SSR. Reading attitude findings were not significant. Based on 

existing literature and the present study, the future of assisted reading with digital 

audiobooks appears to be bright. This method will, hopefully, find its way into the 

reading programs of students with reading disabilities as a means of further differ-

entiating instruction in reading.