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2012Academic Publications1
2015Academic Publications1
2016Academic Publications2
2017Academic Publications1
2018Academic Publications4
2019Academic Publications3
2020Academic Publications6
2021Academic Publications4
2022Academic Publications14
2023Academic Publications12
2024Academic Publications11
2025Academic Publications5
2026Academic Publications3
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2018$240,090.001
2025$211,119.001

Department Research Summary

The School of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at San Diego State University has a strong research focus on improving hearing health care access and outcomes, particularly among underserved populations such as farmworkers and older adults. Recent grants and publications highlight the department's emphasis on prevention of noise-induced hearing loss, teleaudiology, and culturally-relevant approaches to healthcare. Researchers are also exploring the usability and acceptance of over-the-counter hearing aids, as well as the intersection of audiology and public health.

Other research themes include the impact of chronic conditions on voice production, stuttering in children, and communication disorders in diverse contexts. The department's work has implications for improving quality of life, healthcare access, and workforce sufficiency in audiology and related fields.

Generated using Llama 3.1 based on recent grants, publications, and conferences.

Department Grants

Oidos protegidos: Preventing noise exposure in farmworkers
Laura Coco
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 2025 - 2030, USD 211,119.00
Agricultural laborers Industrial hygiene
Community Health Workers and teleaudiology as a culturally-relevant approach to improving access to hearing health care
Laura Coco
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 2018 - 2021, USD 240,090.00
Audiologists Health services accessibility Public health Rural health services

Department Scholarship

Academic Publications

The Impact of Crohn's Disease on a Classical Singer: Vocal Fold Function, Voice Production, and Implications for Quality of Life
Hatun Zengin-Bolatkale; Maria Briggs; Maelyn McCarty; Frances Pomaville
Perspectives of the Asha Special Interest Groups, 2026, journal article
Crohn's disease Inflammatory bowel diseases Quality of life Singers
Audiologist Dispersion and Workforce Sufficiency in Texas: A Public Health Investigation
Anna Marie Jilla; Laura Coco; et al.
American Journal of Audiology, 2026, journal article
Audiology Medical personnel Public health Texas
Perceptions of Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids: A Qualitative Study Informed by the Technology Acceptance Model
Laura Coco; et al.
Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 2026, journal article
Audiology Hearing aids Perception Qualitative research
Cortical emotional reactivity, caregiver-reported emotional control, and stuttering frequency in young children
Hatun Zengin-Bolatkale; Alexandra P. Key; Robin M. Jones
Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2025, journal article
Cited by 1
Child development Developmental psychology Stuttering in children
Hearing aid acquisition patterns among US Veterans who use VA health care
Laura Coco; et al.
The Journal of Rural Health, 2025, journal article Cited by 2
Hearing aids Medical care Veterans

Usability of Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids in Older Adults
Laura Coco; et al.
American Journal of Audiology, 2025, journal article
Cited by 3
Aging Audiology Hearing aids Older people
Asynchronous Telepractice in Audiology: Feasibility and Implementation
Faheema Mahomed-Asmail; Laura Coco; Samantha Kleindienst Robler
Perspectives of the Asha Special Interest Groups, 2025, journal article Cited by 1
Audiology Medical informatics Rehabilitation Telecommunication in medicine
Interventions to prevent noise-induced hearing loss in farmworkers: a scoping review
Laura Coco; Marisa Fried; Kevin Quijano; Alyssa Ramirez [Student]; et al.
International Journal of Audiology, 2025, journal article
Cited by 1
Agricultural laborers Deafness, Noise induced Farms Industrial hygiene
Services in Minoritized Autistic Adolescents and Adults Varying in Language Skills
Teresa Girolamo; Escobedo, A.; Ghali, S.; Greene-Pendelton, K.; Campos, I.; Ram-Kiran, P.
Seminars in Speech and Language, 2024, journal article
Cited by 3
Autism Autism in adolescence Autistic people Mental health services
Developing a Decision Aid for Clinical Obesity Services in the Real World: the DACOS Nationwide Pilot Study
Atlantis, E.; Kormas, N.; Piya, M.; Sahebol-Amri, M.; Williams, K.; Huang, H.-C.C.; Bishay, R.; Chikani, V.; Teresa Girolamo; et al.
Obesity Surgery, 2024, journal article
Cited by 4
Decision making Great Britain Obesity Public health
Sentence production and sentence repetition in autistic adolescents and young adults: Linguistic sensitivity to finiteness-marking
Teresa Girolamo; Ghali, S.; Ghali, Samantha; Larson, C.; Larson, Caroline
Medrxiv, 2024, journal article
Adolescence Autism Linguistics Young adults
Cross-cultural variation in experiences of acceptance, camouflaging and mental health difficulties in autism: A registered report
Keating, C.T.; Keating, Connor Tom; Hickman, L.; Hickman, Lydia; Geelhand, P.; Geelhand, Philippine; Takahashi, T.; Takahashi, Toru; Leung, J.; Leung, Joan; Monk, R.; Monk, Ruth; Schuster, B.; Schuster, Bianca; Rybicki, A.; Rybicki, Alicia; Teresa Girolamo; et al.
PLOS One, 2024, journal article
Cited by 31
Autism Cross-cultural studies Mental health Psychology
A Qualitative Study of Veterans' Perspectives on Tinnitus: An Invisible Wound
Khaya D. Clark; Laura Coco; et al.
American Journal of Audiology, 2024, journal article
Cited by 3
Hearing disorders Mental health Tinnitus Veterans
Occupational Lead Exposure Ototoxicity Evaluated With Distortion-Product Otoacoustic Emissions
Soledad Solis-Angeles; Luz María Del Razo; Guadalupe Aguilar-Madrid; Carmina Jiménez-Ramírez; Laura Coco; et al.
Ear & Hearing, 2024, journal article Cited by 1
Audiology Deafness, Noise induced Toxicology
Amplifying Access: Progress After 1 Year of Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids
Laura Coco
Perspectives of the Asha Special Interest Groups, 2024, journal article Cited by 4
Health services accessibility Hearing aids Public health United States. Food and Drug Administration
Communication Public Health: An Integration of Audiology, Speech-Language Pathology, and Public Health
Sarah E. Warren; Leslie C. Lopez; Teresa Anthony; Laura Coco
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2024, journal article
Cited by 9
Audiology Health promotion Language disorders Public health
Hearing Difficulties Among Farmworkers in the México-US Southwest Border Region
Laura Coco; Gabriela D. Sanchez; Gabriel A. Campuzano; Annie J. Keeney; James K. Romine
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 2024, journal article
Cited by 2
Agricultural laborers Audiology Mexico Southwest Border Region, Colonias, and Migrant/Farmworker Initiatives (U.S.)
“Close to My Community”: A Qualitative Study of Community Health Worker-Supported Teleaudiology Hearing Aid Services
Laura Coco; Kimberly Leon; Cecilia Navarro; Rosie Piper; Scott Carvajal; Nicole Marrone
Ear & Hearing, 2024, journal article Cited by 4
Audiology Community health services Rural health Telecommunication in medicine
Editorial: Introduction to the Special Issue on Social Justice
Faheema Mahomed-Asmail; Isabel Altamirano; Ginny Boehme; Karina De Sousa; Jeffra D. Bussmann; Laura Coco; Sam Hansen; Nastasha E. Johnson; Sarah Tribelhorn
Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2024, journal article
Cited by 2
Editorials Scholarly publishing Social justice Special issues
Studies pertaining to language impairment in school-age autistic individuals underreport participant socio-demographics: A systematic review
Teresa Girolamo; et al.
Autism, 2023, journal article
Cited by 20
Autism in children Child development Specific language impairment in children Systematic reviews (Medical research)
Where is Community Involvement in Open Science? A Commentary on "(Why) Are Open Research Practices the Future for the Study of Language Learning?"
Teresa Girolamo; et al.
Language Learning, 2023, journal article
Language learning and language teaching Linguistics Open scholarship Research
New anti-obesity medications Considerations and future directions in people with concurrent eating disorders
Sharp, G.; Teresa Girolamo; et al.
Australian Journal of General Practice, 2023, journal article
Cited by 11
Drugs Obesity Public health
A Community-Based Approach to Longitudinal Language Research With Racially and Ethnically Minoritized Autistic Young Adults: Lessons Learned and New Directions
Teresa Girolamo; Ghali S; Ghali, Samantha; Eigsti IM; Eigsti, Inge-Marie
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2023, journal article
Cited by 10
Autism spectrum disorders Community-based research Longitudinal research in the behavioral, social, and medical sciences Young adults
Implementation of Open Science Practices in Communication Sciences and Disorders Research With Black, Indigenous, and People of Color
Teresa Girolamo; et al.
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2023, journal article
Cited by 18
Black people Communication in the social sciences Diversity in the workplace Indigenous peoples
A Bayesian statistics tutorial for clinical research: Prior distributions and meaningful results for small clinical samples
Larson, C.; Larson, Caroline; Kaplan, D.; Kaplan, David; Teresa Girolamo; et al.
Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2023, journal article
Cited by 16
Biostatistics Clinical trials Epidemiology
fNIRS Studies of Individuals with Speech and Language Impairment Underreport Sociodemographics: A Systematic Review
Teresa Girolamo; et al.
Neuropsychology Review, 2023, journal article
Cited by 9
Communication disorders Language disorders Neurosciences Speech disorders
Studies assessing domains pertaining to structural language in autism vary in reporting practices and approaches to assessment: A systematic review
Teresa Girolamo; et al.
Autism, 2023, journal article
Cited by 14
Autism Communication disorders Developmental disabilities Systematic reviews (Medical research)
Development and validation of a Spanish-language spatial release from masking task in a Mexican population
E. Sebastian Lelo de Larrea-Mancera; Rodolfo Solís-Vivanco; Yolanda Sánchez-Jimenez; Laura Coco; Frederick J. Gallun; Aaron R. Seitz
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2023, journal article Cited by 8
Audiology Hearing Mexico Spanish language
Effects of Gamification on Assessment of Spatial Release From Masking
William J. Bologna; Audrey A. Carrillo; David S. Clamage; Laura Coco; et al.
American Journal of Audiology, 2023, journal article
Cited by 3
Audiology Auditory perception Gamification Psychoacoustics
Associations Between Traumatic Brain Injury and Severity of Tinnitus-Related Functional Impairment Among US Military Veterans: A National, Population-Based Study
Laura Coco; et al.
Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 2023, journal article
Cited by 4
Audiology Tinnitus Veterans
Interprofessional Collaboration in Teleaudiology
Laura Coco; Samantha Kleindienst Robler
Perspectives of the Asha Special Interest Groups, 2023, journal article Cited by 3
Allied health personnel Audiologists Health services administration Interprofessional relations
Validation of the Vanderbilt Responses to Your Child’s Speech Rating Scale for Parents of Young Children Who Stutter
Singer, C.M.; Kelly, E.M.; White, A.Z.; Hatun Zengin-Bolatkale; Jones, R.M.
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022, journal article
Cited by 3
Child development Communication disorders Stuttering in children
Work Setting Effects on Speech-Language Pathology Practice: Implications for Identification of Children With Specific Language Impairment
Selin CM; Selin, Claire M.; Rice ML; Rice, Mabel L.; Teresa Girolamo; et al.
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2022, journal article
Cited by 20
Communication disorders Specific language impairment in children Speech therapy for children Work environment
Teacher Educational Decision Making for Children With Specific Language Impairment
Teresa Girolamo; et al.
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2022, journal article
Cited by 12
Decision making Special education Specific language impairment in children Teacher educators
Preliminary Evaluation of Applicants to Master's Programs in Speech-Language Pathology Using Vignettes and Criteria From a Holistic Review Process
Teresa Girolamo; et al.
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2022, journal article
Cited by 6
Communication disorders Education
Neurodiversity and Early Autism
Eigsti IM; Eigsti, Inge-Marie; Teresa Girolamo; Fein D; Fein, Deborah
JAMA Pediatrics, 2022, journal article
Cited by 4
Autism Disability studies Neurodiversity Neurology
Inequity in Peer Review in Communication Sciences and Disorders
Teresa Girolamo; et al.
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2022, journal article
Cited by 12
Affective disorders Communication in the social sciences Equality Scholarly publishing
Language Impairment in Autistic Adolescents and Young Adults
Teresa Girolamo; Rice ML; Rice, Mabel L.
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022, journal article
Cited by 16
Autism Autism in adolescence Speech disorders Young adults
Bariatric surgery and medicines: from first principles to practice
Teresa Girolamo; Allin, R.
Australian Prescriber, 2022, journal article
Cited by 5
Group medical practice Weight loss
Incorporating Dis/ability Studies and Critical Race Theory to combat systematic exclusion of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in clinical neuroscience
Teresa Girolamo; Parker TC; Parker, Termara C.; Eigsti IM; Eigsti, Inge-Marie
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022, journal article
Cited by 40
Critical race theory Indigenous peoples Neurosciences Racism in medicine
Interpretation and Use of Standardized Language Assessments for Diverse School-Age Individuals
Teresa Girolamo; et al.
Perspectives of the Asha Special Interest Groups, 2022, journal article Cited by 11
Diversity in the workplace Educational psychology Multilingual education
Open Science: Best Practices for CSD Research with BIPOC Communities
Teresa Girolamo; Castro N; Hendricks AE; Ghali S; Eigsti I
2022, preprint
Community-based research Minorities Research Research methods
Introduction for the 5th International Meeting on Internet and Audiology Special Issue of theAmerican Journal of Audiology
Valeriy Shafiro; Laura Coco; Jill E. Preminger; Gabrielle H. Saunders
American Journal of Audiology, 2022, journal article
Audiology Internet Meetings Otology
Viewpoints on the Implications of Over-The-Counter Hearing Aids
Laura Coco; Karl Strom; Kim Cavitt; Shari Eberts; Jani A. Johnson
Perspectives of the Asha Special Interest Groups, 2022, journal article Cited by 4
Health policy (Title) Health services accessibility Hearing aids
Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids: What the Practicing Audiologist Needs to Know
Laura Coco
Perspectives of the Asha Special Interest Groups, 2022, journal article Cited by 2
Assistive technology centers Audiologists Audiology Hearing aids
Visual food cue processing in children with Prader-Willi Syndrome
Key, A.P.; Jones, D.; Hatun Zengin-Bolatkale; Roof, E.; Hunt-Hawkins, H.
Physiology and Behavior, 2021, journal article
Cited by 5
Developmental disabilities Eating disorders in children Prader-Willi syndrome Visual perception in children
Developing, Implementing, and Learning From a Student-Led Initiative to Support Minority Students in Communication Sciences and Disorders
Teresa Girolamo; Ghali S; Samantha Ghali
Perspectives of the Asha Special Interest Groups, 2021, journal article Cited by 10
Education Inclusive education Minority students Students with disabilities
Global perspectives on autism acceptance, camouflaging behaviours and mental health in autism spectrum disorder: A registered report protocol
Keating CT; Keating, Connor Tom; Hickman L; Hickman, Lydia; Geelhand P; Geelhand, Philippine; Takahashi T; Takahashi, Toru; Leung J; Leung, Joan; Schuster B; Schuster, Bianca; Rybicki A; Rybicki, Alicia; Teresa Girolamo; et al.
PLOS One, 2021, journal article
Cited by 88
Autism spectrum disorders Mental health Neurodiversity
Feasibility of community health workers as teleaudiology patient-site facilitators: a multilevel training study
Laura Coco; Rosie Piper; Nicole Marrone
International Journal of Audiology, 2021, journal article
Cited by 21
Audiology Community health aides Rural health services Telecommunication in medicine
Eye tracking as an objective measure of hyperphagia in children with Prader-Willi syndrome
Key, A.P.; Hatun Zengin-Bolatkale; Dimitropoulos, A.; Doernberg, E.
American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A, 2020, journal article
Cited by 7
Children Eating disorders in children Eye tracking Hyperphagia
Preliminary evidence of linguistic bias in academic reviewing
Politzer-Ahles S; Politzer-Ahles, Stephen; Teresa Girolamo; Ghali S; Ghali, Samantha
Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2020, journal article
Cited by 157
Academic writing Language and languages Peer review
Assessment of Language Abilities in Minority Adolescents and Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Extensive Special Education Needs: A Pilot Study
Teresa Girolamo; Rice ML; Rice, Mabel L.; Warren SF; Warren, Steven F.
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2020, journal article
Cited by 7
Adolescence Autism spectrum disorders Special education Young adults
Community-Based Participatory Research and Human-Centered Design Principles to Advance Hearing Health Equity
Nicole L. Marrone; Carrie L. Nieman; Laura Coco
Ear & Hearing, 2020, journal article Cited by 65
Community-based research Hard of hearing people Health education Research methods
Teleaudiology: Strategies, Considerations During a Crisis and Beyond
Laura Coco
The Hearing Journal, 2020, journal article Cited by 15
Audiology Communication disorders Rehabilitation Telecommunication in medicine
The Role of Patient-Site Facilitators in Teleaudiology: A Scoping Review
Laura Coco; Alyssa Davidson; Nicole Marrone
American Journal of Audiology, 2020, journal article
Cited by 39
Audiologists Health facilities Hearing disorders Medical informatics
Speech-Language Pathologists' Clinical Decision Making for Children With Specific Language Impairment
Selin CM; Selin, Claire M.; Rice ML; Rice, Mabel L.; Teresa Girolamo; et al.
Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2019, journal article
Cited by 40
Children with disabilities Language disorders in children Specific language impairment in children Speech therapy for children
Bolstering Access to Hearing Care for Older Hispanic Adults: Audiologists collaborate with the community to develop a culturally relevant hearing health program.
Nicole Marrone; Aileen Wong; Laura Coco
The Asha Leader, 2019, journal article Cited by 1
Audiologists Community health services Cultural competence Hispanic Americans
Qualitative research methods to investigate communication within a group aural rehabilitation intervention
Laura Coco; Maia Ingram; Nicole Marrone
International Journal of Audiology, 2019, journal article
Cited by 10
Communication Group speech therapy Qualitative research
Sympathetic arousal as a marker of chronicity in childhood stuttering
Hatun Zengin-Bolatkale; Conture, E.G.; Walden, T.A.; Jones, R.M.
Developmental Neuropsychology, 2018, journal article
Cited by 27
Arousal (Physiology) Autonomic nervous system Pediatrics Psychophysiology Stuttering in children Sympathetic nervous system
Cortical associates of emotional reactivity and regulation in childhood stuttering
Hatun Zengin-Bolatkale; Conture, E.G.; Key, A.P.; Walden, T.A.; Jones, R.M.
Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2018, journal article
Cited by 26
Child development Developmental psychology Neurology Stuttering Stuttering in children Visual evoked response
COMMUNITY-BASED HEARING LOSS EDUCATION AND SUPPORT GROUPS FOR OLDER HISPANIC/LATINO ADULTS
N Marrone; M Ingram; Laura Coco; R Piper; S Colina; S Carvajal
Innovation in Aging, 2018, journal article
Cited by 1
Education Hispanic Americans Older people Self-help groups
Geographic Distribution of the Hearing Aid Dispensing Workforce: A Teleaudiology Planning Assessment for Arizona
Laura Coco; Kyle Sorlie Titlow; Nicole Marrone
American Journal of Audiology, 2018, journal article
Cited by 37
Arizona Audiology Health services accessibility
Readability Level of Spanish-Language Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Audiology and Otolaryngology
Laura Coco; Sonia Colina; Samuel R. Atcherson; Nicole Marrone
American Journal of Audiology, 2017, journal article
Cited by 49
Audiology Otolaryngology Spanish language
Is linguistic injustice a myth? A response to Hyland (2016)
Politzer-Ahles S; Politzer-Ahles, Stephen; Holliday JJ; Holliday, Jeffrey J.; Teresa Girolamo; et al.
Journal of Second Language Writing, 2016, journal article
Cited by 173
Critical discourse analysis Language policy Linguistics Social justice
Community-Based Intervention Determines Tele-Audiology Site Candidacy
Laura Coco; Craig A. Champlin; Robert H. Eikelboom
American Journal of Audiology, 2016, journal article
Cited by 17
Audiology Health services accessibility
Sympathetic arousal of young children who stutter during a stressful picture naming task
Hatun Zengin-Bolatkale; Conture, E.G.; Walden, T.A.
Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2015, journal article
Cited by 33
Arousal (Physiology) Autonomic nervous system Stress in children Stuttering in children Sympathetic nervous system
Corpus callosum morphology in children who stutter
Choo, A.L.; Chang, S.-E.; Hatun Zengin-Bolatkale; Ambrose, N.G.; Loucks, T.M.
Journal of Communication Disorders, 2012, journal article
Cited by 26
Brain--Morphology Child development Corpus callosum Magnetic resonance imaging Speech disorders in children Stuttering in children

Other

Services in Minoritized Autistic Adolescents and Adults Varying in Language Skills
Teresa Girolamo; Escobedo, A.; Ghali, S.; Greene-Pendelton, K.; Campos, I.; Ram-Kiran, P.
Medrxiv, 2024, other
Social drivers of health in communicative outcomes of racially and ethnically minoritized autistic adolescents and adults
Teresa Girolamo; Escobedo, A.; Butler, L.; Larson, C.A.; Campos, I.; Greene-Pendelton, K.
Medrxiv, 2024, other
Self-determination in minoritized autistic adolescents and adults
Teresa Girolamo; et al.
Medrxiv, 2024, other
Advancing Justice, Equity in the Pipeline to the Professions Reconfiguring graduate training program admissions is key to foundational change
Mahendra, N.; Teresa Girolamo; Fannin, D.K.
Asha Leader, 2021, other