How Talk Builds Babies’ Brains with Dana Suskind

When Prof. Dana Suskind first began implanting devices called cochlear implants on babies who couldn’t hear, she quickly noticed that many of her patients struggled to develop language because their parents didn’t talk to them as much. It was a revelation that inspired her to found the Thirty Million Words Initiative. On this episode of Big Brains, Suskind discusses her transformation from surgeon to social scientist, and simple advice for parents and care-givers to teach kids from day one.