![]() ![]() My search to understand why led me to the concept of the 30-million-word gap. It was the same surgery, the same gift of hearing, but it had dramatically different results. I soon discovered that even a successful cochlear implant didn’t always mean future success for the child in learning to speak or understand language. Suskind: I began my surgical career as a pediatric head and neck surgeon specializing in cochlear implantation. Were its findings born out in your own pediatric work?ĭr. For nearly ten years, she has been committed to closing the opportunity gap by creating language programs for children from disadvantaged backgrounds.ĬI: Describe how the famous 1995 study by researchers Betty Hart and Todd Risley inspired the Thirty Million Words Initiative. ![]() Suskind is professor of surgery and pediatrics at the University of Chicago Medicine and co-author of Thirty Million Words: Building a Child’s Brain. Register today to attend and hear more about her work with young children.ĭr. Suskind will give the keynote address at our annual Make It Your Business lunch, on April 12. ![]() She also shares some advice on how families can support young children to develop language skills.ĭr. ![]() Dana Suskind, founder and director of the Thirty Million Words Initiative, about what inspired her to become an expert on early language development. ![]()
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