Summary of Dana Suskind's Thirty Million Words

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#1 Parent talk is the most important resource for developing a child’s brain. Without it, children can suffer the lifelong effects of silence. With it, they can soar.

#2 The author is a pediatric cochlear implant surgeon, and he wrote the book on parent talk because he believes that parent talk is the key to helping children hear with a cochlear implant.

#3 The cochlear implant is a surgical procedure that allows deaf people to hear. It was developed in the 1990s, and its significance was increased when it coincided with the development of a neurologic miracle, the universal newborn screening.

#4 The brain and neural structures in the human body are generally unforgiving. From cerebral palsy to strokes, from spinal cord injuries to football-related head trauma, making better rather than correcting tends to be the medical dictum.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 27, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669395874

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Insights on Dana Suskind's Thirty Million Words

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Parent talk is the most important resource for developing a child’s brain. Without it, children can suffer the lifelong effects of silence. With it, they can soar.

#2

The author is a pediatric cochlear implant surgeon, and he wrote the book on parent talk because he believes that parent talk is the key to helping children hear with a cochlear implant.

#3

The cochlear implant is a surgical procedure that allows deaf people to hear. It was developed in the 1990s, and its significance was increased when it coincided with the development of a neurologic miracle, the universal newborn screening.

#4

The brain and neural structures in the human body are generally unforgiving. From cerebral palsy to strokes, from spinal cord injuries to football-related head trauma, making better rather than correcting tends to be the medical dictum.

#5

The University of Chicago is an island of inequality in a sea of inequality on Chicago’s South Side. The slow start of my cochlear implant program allowed me to see the problems that existed in the children, and how important individual experience can be ignored when large sample sizes are used.

#6

The impact of this force is that it makes us realize the limits of technology. It is not just that my experience with Zach and Michelle made me aware of the limits of technology, but it also made me acknowledge a force that impacts the arcs of all our lives.

#7

The true hearing birthday is the moment the cochlear device is activated. It is a very dramatic moment, and it is invariably followed by, Honey, Honey, do you hear Mommy. Mommy loves you so much, then, when it’s successful, the startled expression of the child followed by a smile, laughter, or even crying.

#8

The ability to hear has a significant impact on the ability to read and learn, which in turn impacts the future prospects of the person