University Scholarship
Publications and Grants

Laura Coco

lcoco@sdsu.eduorcid.org/0000-0003-2426-2710
Research Relationships

Appointments

  • Assistant Professor, 2022-Present
    Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, US

Profile updated September 3, 2026.

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

Scholarship

Academic Publications

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
Hearing aid acquisition patterns among US Veterans who use VA health care
Laura Coco; et al.
The Journal of Rural Health, 2025, journal article
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
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
Audiology Medical informatics Rehabilitation Telecommunication in medicine

Interventions to prevent noise-induced hearing loss in farmworkers: a scoping review
Laura Coco; et al.
International Journal of Audiology, 2025, journal article
Agricultural laborers Deafness, Noise induced Farms Industrial hygiene
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
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
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
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
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
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
Audiology Community health services Rural health Telecommunication in medicine
Editorial: Trends in digital hearing health and computational audiology
Faheema Mahomed-Asmail; Isabel Altamirano; Ginny Boehme; Karina De Sousa; Jeffra D. Bussmann; Laura Coco; Sam Hansen; Nastasha E. Johnson; Sarah Tribelhorn
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2024, journal article
Editorials Scholarly publishing Social justice Special issues
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
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
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
Audiology Tinnitus Veterans
Interprofessional Collaboration in Teleaudiology
Laura Coco; Samantha Kleindienst Robler
Perspectives of the Asha Special Interest Groups, 2023, journal article
Allied health personnel Audiologists Health services administration Interprofessional relations
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
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
Assistive technology centers Audiologists Audiology Hearing aids
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
Audiology Community health aides Rural health services Telecommunication in medicine
Community-Based Participatory Research and Human-Centered Design Principles to Advance Hearing Health Equity
Nicole L. Marrone; Carrie L. Nieman; Laura Coco
Ear &Amp; Hearing, 2020, journal article
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
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
Audiologists Health facilities Hearing disorders Medical informatics
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
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
Communication Group speech therapy Qualitative research
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
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
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
Audiology Otolaryngology Spanish language
Community-Based Intervention Determines Tele-Audiology Site Candidacy
Laura Coco; Craig A. Champlin; Robert H. Eikelboom
American Journal of Audiology, 2016, journal article
Audiology Health services accessibility