Laurel Bruce
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LATTIE F. COOR HALL TEMPE, AZ 85287
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Mail code: 0102Campus: Dtphx
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Laurel Bruce, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is currently a Clinical Associate Professor of Speech and Hearing Science at ASU. She earned her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. at Arizona State University, and is a graduate of Barrett, The Honors College. Dr. Bruce is a licensed and certified speech-language pathologist who has worked in both public and private school settings, with a focus on earliest interventions for speech sound disorders. Her research interests include pediatric speech sound disorders, genetics of communication disorders, school-based service delivery, and ultrasound in speech sound disorders.
Ph.D. Speech and Hearing Science, Arizona State University
M.S. Communication Disorders, Arizona State University
B.S. Speech and Hearing Science, Arizona State University; Graduate of Barrett, The Honors College
Bruce, L., & Peter, B. (2022). Three children with different de novo BCL11A variants and diverse developmental phenotypes, but shared global motor discoordination and apraxic speech: Evidence for a functional gene network influencing the developing cerebellum and motor and auditory cortices. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.62904
Peter, B., Davis, J., Finestack, L., Stoel-Gammon, C., VanDam, M., Bruce, L., et al. (2022). Translating principles of precision medicine into speech-language pathology: Clinical trial of a proactive speech and language intervention for infants with classic galactosemia. Human Genetics and Genomics Advances, 3(3), 1-12.
Peter, B., Davis, J., Cotter, S., Belter, A., Williams, E., Stumpf, M., et al. (2021). Toward preventing speech and language disorders of known genetic origin: First post-intervention results of Babble Boot Camp in children with classic galactosemia. American Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 2616-2634. doi: 10.1044/2021_AJSLP-21-00098
Peter, B., Bruce, L., Raaz, C., Williams, E., Pfeiffer, A., & Rogalsky, C. (2020). Comparing global motor characteristics in children and adults with childhood apraxia of speech to a cerebellar stroke patient: evidence for the cerebellar hypothesis in a developmental motor speech disorder. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 1-25. doi:10.1080/02699206.2020.1861103
Peter, B., Potter, N., Davis, J., Donenfeld-Peled, I., Finestack, L., Stoel-Gammon, C., Lien, K., Bruce, L., Vose, C., Eng, L, Yokoyama, H., Olds, D., & VanDam, M. (2020). Toward a paradigm shift from deficit-based to proactive speech and language treatment: Randomized pilot trial of the Babble Boot Camp in infants with classic galactosemia. F1000, 11 March 2019, doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.18062. https://f1000research.com/articles/8-271
Peter, B., Vose, C., Bruce, L., & Ingram, D. (2019). Starting to talk at age 10 years: Lessons about the acquisition of English speech sounds in a rare case of severe congenital but remediated motor disease of genetic origin. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 28(3), 1029-1038. doi:10.1044/2019_AJSLP-18-0156
Bruce, L., Lynde, S., Weinhold, J., & Peter, B. (2018). A team approach to response to intervention for speech sound errors in the school setting. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 3(16), 110-119. doi:10.1044/persp3.SIG16.110, Invited Publication
Courses
2026 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SHS 470 | Develop Speech/Lang Disorders |
| SHS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| SHS 585 | Artic/Phonology: Assess/Interv |
| CHS 484 | Internship |
| SHS 473 | Treatment Plan Implementation |
| CHS 494 | Special Topics |
| SHS 250 | Introduction to Phonetics |
| CHS 494 | Special Topics |
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SHS 465 | Speech/Language Acquisition |
| SHS 565 | Speech/Language Acquisition |
| CHS 494 | Special Topics |
| CHS 494 | Special Topics |
| CHS 494 | Special Topics |
| SHS 470 | Develop Speech/Lang Disorders |
| SHS 250 | Introduction to Phonetics |
| SHS 473 | Treatment Plan Implementation |
| CHS 484 | Internship |
| CHS 493 | Honors Thesis |
| SHS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| SHS 592 | Research |
| CHS 494 | Special Topics |
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SHS 470 | Develop Speech/Lang Disorders |
| SHS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| SHS 585 | Artic/Phonology: Assess/Interv |
| CHS 494 | Special Topics |
| CHS 484 | Internship |
| CHS 493 | Honors Thesis |
| CHS 494 | Special Topics |
| SHS 473 | Treatment Plan Implementation |
| CHS 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| CHS 494 | Special Topics |
| CHS 494 | Special Topics |
| SHS 250 | Introduction to Phonetics |
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SHS 465 | Speech/Language Acquisition |
| SHS 565 | Speech/Language Acquisition |
| SHS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| SHS 592 | Research |
| CHS 394 | Special Topics |
| CHS 394 | Special Topics |
| CHS 394 | Special Topics |
| SHS 465 | Speech/Language Acquisition |
| CHS 484 | Internship |
| SHS 250 | Introduction to Phonetics |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SHS 470 | Develop Speech/Lang Disorders |
| SHS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| SHS 585 | Artic/Phonology: Assess/Interv |
| CHS 394 | Special Topics |
| SHS 250 | Introduction to Phonetics |
| CHS 494 | Special Topics |
| CHS 484 | Internship |
| CHS 394 | Special Topics |
| CHS 493 | Honors Thesis |
| SHS 250 | Introduction to Phonetics |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SHS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| SHS 592 | Research |
| CHS 394 | Special Topics |
| CHS 394 | Special Topics |
| CHS 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| CHS 394 | Special Topics |
| SHS 465 | Speech/Language Acquisition |
| CHS 484 | Internship |
| SHS 470 | Develop Speech/Lang Disorders |
| SHS 250 | Introduction to Phonetics |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SHS 470 | Develop Speech/Lang Disorders |
| SHS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| SHS 585 | Artic/Phonology: Assess/Interv |
| CHS 394 | Special Topics |
| SHS 250 | Introduction to Phonetics |
| CHS 494 | Special Topics |
| CHS 484 | Internship |
| CHS 484 | Internship |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SHS 465 | Speech/Language Acquisition |
| SHS 565 | Speech/Language Acquisition |
| SHS 592 | Research |
| CHS 394 | Special Topics |
| CHS 494 | Special Topics |
| CHS 394 | Special Topics |
| CHS 494 | Special Topics |
| SHS 310 | Anatomical/Physio Bases Speech |
| SHS 465 | Speech/Language Acquisition |
| CHS 484 | Internship |
| CHS 493 | Honors Thesis |
| SHS 592 | Research |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SHS 470 | Develop Speech/Lang Disorders |
| SHS 585 | Artic/Phonology: Assess/Interv |
| CHS 394 | Special Topics |
| CHS 394 | Special Topics |
| SHS 250 | Introduction to Phonetics |
| CHS 484 | Internship |
| CHS 492 | Honors Directed Study |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SHS 465 | Speech/Language Acquisition |
| SHS 565 | Speech/Language Acquisition |
| SHS 367 | Language Science |
| CHS 394 | Special Topics |
| CHS 494 | Special Topics |
| SHS 250 | Introduction to Phonetics |
| CHS 394 | Special Topics |
| CHS 494 | Special Topics |
| CHS 394 | Special Topics |
| SHS 465 | Speech/Language Acquisition |
| CHS 484 | Internship |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SHS 585 | Artic/Phonology: Assess/Interv |
| CHS 394 | Special Topics |
| SHS 465 | Speech/Language Acquisition |
| CHS 394 | Special Topics |
| SHS 250 | Introduction to Phonetics |
| CHS 484 | Internship |
2017 Meritorious Poster, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)