A study investigated whether there would be a significant improvement in the reading comprehension test scores of hearing-impaired secondary school students if their content area subjects included closed captioned television lessons. Subjects, eight students in an experimental group and five students in a control group, were grouped according to reading level. Three randomly chosen teachers showed the captioned TV program, offered reading instruction, and then showed selected parts of the program again or used the script to reinforce specific skills taught. Afterwards, both groups were tested for comprehension. Results showed no significant effect for the use of captioned television to enhance reading comprehension of hearing impaired adolescents. However, the experimental students were motivated to read more, and by the fifth week of experimentation, some of these students read more fluently. (Tables of data are included, along with a review of related research as well as a 28-item reference list and four appendices.)