University Scholarship
Publications and Grants

Laura Coco

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

Appointments

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

Profile updated October 8, 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, Cited by: OpenAlex: 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: OpenAlex: 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: OpenAlex: 1
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, Cited by: OpenAlex: 1
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, Cited by: OpenAlex: 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: OpenAlex: 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: OpenAlex: 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: OpenAlex: 8
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: OpenAlex: 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: OpenAlex: 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: OpenAlex: 2
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, Cited by: OpenAlex: 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: OpenAlex: 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: OpenAlex: 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: OpenAlex: 3
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, Cited by: OpenAlex: 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: OpenAlex: 2
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, Cited by: OpenAlex: 21
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, Cited by: OpenAlex: 67
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: OpenAlex: 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: OpenAlex: 40
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, Cited by: OpenAlex: 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: OpenAlex: 10
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, Cited by: OpenAlex: 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: OpenAlex: 39
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: OpenAlex: 49
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, Cited by: OpenAlex: 18
Audiology Health services accessibility