Master of Science [M.S] [Speech and Hearing Sciences (Deaf Education)] From University of Southern Mississippi

Graduate students learn to use current best practices and hearing technologies to develop listening and spoken language in infants, toddlers and young children with hearing loss. Students who complete the degree and pass the PRAXIS exam - Principles of Learning and Teaching: Early Childhood (0621/5621) - are eligible to apply to the Mississippi Department of Education for certification and licensure (#209: birth through kindergarten). This program also provides the foundational skills for those graduates working towards certification as Listening and Spoken Language Specialists. Current graduates are successfully teaching in early intervention programs, public schools and private schools.