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Comprehension or understanding is a basic skill required for effective communication in any society. In order to live successfully in his environment, modern man has to be able to read and understand what he reads. However, the use of reading strategies alone may not be enough to improve the reading comprehension of students with learning disabilities. Therefore, this paper reports an investigation of the effect of aural approach on reading performance of senior secondary school students with learning disabilities in Oyo State. In this study, a total of 175 Senior Secondary Students with learning disabilities of three purposively selected schools formed the sample frame Two research questions raised and corresponding hypotheses were tested using t-test statistic. The results indicated significant difference in mean gain score obtain by the groups, that is experimental groups (t-value=1.8, p-value=.067 and p>0.05). This was in favour of the experimental group that is students taught using aural approach performed significantly better than students with conventional approach. It is hence recommendation that use of aural approach should be encourage and harness for an improved performance of students in English language.