The Late Eight, Third Edition

The Late Eight, Third Edition provides clinical resources to help clinicians, students, and academics evaluate and treat late-acquired sounds. The text is an ideal resource for anyone working with individuals whose speech contains errors affecting [θ], [ð], [s], [z], [l], [r], [ʃ], or [tʃ]. Additionally, vocalic [r] is included because it often serves as a step to reaching consonantal [r].

The third edition keeps (and slightly modifies) the clinical resources while expanding the toolkit to include new essential clinical concepts, including evidence-based practice, Spanish-influenced English, the curriculum, and a new treatment model.

New to the third edition:

• 4 new chapters: Chapter 1: A Late 8 Update, Chapter 2: Using Evidence to Guide Clinical Practice, Chapter 3: The Late 8 en español, Chapter 4: Speech Sound Disorders, Literacy, and Curriculum
• Contributing authors provide their expertise

As in previous editions, resources for each late-acquired sound include:

• technical and nontechnical definitions;
• age of acquisition;
• common errors;
• key phonetic environments;
• useful metaphors;
• touch cues;
• initial screening tests;
• stimulability tests;
• demonstrations of place, manner, and voicing;
• phonetic placement and shaping techniques;
• speech exercises: language awareness and speech activities;
• lists of words divided by phonetic and word environments; and
• minimal pairs.