Christina Hunger - Hunger for Words - Interspecies Communication - How Stella Learned To Talk

Send us Fan Mail Christina Hunger is a speech pathologist and the creator of Hunger for Words, which is working at the fascinating intersection of animal psychology, speech pathology, and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). Christina is known for her groundbreaking work in being the first person to teach her dog Stella to talk using a customized communication device and speech therapy techniques. Christina has a B.A. in Psychology from Case Western Reserve University and a graduate degree in speech language pathology from Northern Illinois University, and has professional expertise in augmentative and alternative communication working with young children with significant delays in language development as an early intervention speech therapist. She is also an author of a new book - How Stella Learned to Talk: The Groundbreaking Story of the World's First Talking Dog Support the show