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Laura Coco

Laura Coco
Laura Coco

Assistant Professor, Audiology

Phone: (619) 594-3151
Office: SLHS 235
Email: lcoco@sdsu.edu

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Education 

  • Ph.D., Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 2021
  • Au.D., Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, 2015
  • B.A., Latin American Studies, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, 2008

Professional Memberships/Affiliations 

  • 2016-present American Speech, Language, & Hearing Association
  • 2016-present Arizona Community Health Worker Workforce Coalition
  • 2015-present Coalition for Global Hearing Health
  • 2019-present International Society of Audiology
  • 2020-present ASHA Special Interest Group 8 – public health audiology
  • 2018-present ASHA Special Interest Group 18 – telepractice

Academic and Clinical Teaching Areas

  • Hearing Science
  • Evidence-based practice and research methods
  • Auditory rehabilitation
  • Telepractice

Scholarly Areas

Broadly, Dr. Coco’s research interests include Hispanic/Latino hearing health; hearing loss and aging; community-engaged research; and health services, including service delivery models (e.g., telehealth). More specifically, Dr. Coco’s research focuses on identifying disparities in the delivery of hearing healthcare services and developing strategies to improve access to, and equity of, audiology care for marginalized populations. Her specialty is using a Community Based Participatory Research approach to engage community members, including Community Health Workers, in co-developing culturally relevant interventions, and leveraging technology, including telehealth, to address access barriers. She uses both quantitative and qualitative assessment to gain an understanding of disparities, barriers in access, how care is delivered, as well as intervention outcomes that help inform the implementation of interventions and service delivery models. Dr. Coco also has an appointment with the US Veteran Health Administration (VA). Her efforts at the VA focus on audiology care for rural Veterans.

Selected Publications

  • Marrone, N., Nieman, C., Coco, L. (2022) Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) and Human-Centered Design Principles to Advance Hearing Health Equity. Ear and Hearing, 43(S1), 33-44.
  • Colina, S., Rodríguez-Guerra, M., Marrone, N., Arizmendi, G., Navarro, K., Ingram, M., Coco, L. (2022) Research Documents for Populations with Limited English Proficiency: Translation Approaches Matter. Ethics & Human Research. 44(1), 29-39. doi: 10.1002/eahr.500115
  • Coco, L.; Piper, R.; Marrone, N. (2021) Feasibility of Community Health Workers as teleaudiology patient-site facilitators: A multilevel training series. International Journal of Audiology, 60(9), 663-676. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2020.1864487
  • Coco, L.; Davidson, A.; Marrone, N. (2020). The role of patient-site facilitators in teleaudiology: A scoping review. American Journal of Audiology, 29(3S):661-675. doi: 10.1044/2020_AJA-19-00070
  • Coco, L.; Ingram, M.; Marrone, N. (2019) Qualitative research methods to investigate communication within a group aural rehabilitation intervention. International Journal of Audiology, 58(10), 651-660. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2019.1608377
  • Coco, L.; Sorlie-Titlow, K; Marrone, N. (2018). Initial Teleaudiology Planning Assessment for the State of Arizona: Geographic Workforce Analysis. American Journal of Audiology. 27(3S), 462-473. doi: 10.1044/2018_AJA-IMIA3-18-0012
  • Coco, L.; Colina, S.; Atcherson, S. R.; & Marrone, N. (2017). Readability Level of Spanish-Language Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Audiology and Otolaryngology. American Journal of Audiology, 26(3), 309-317. doi: 10.1044/2017_AJA-17-0018
  • Coco, L., Champlin, C. A.; & Eikelboom, R. H. (2016). Community-Based Intervention Determines Tele-Audiology Site Candidacy. American Journal of Audiology, 25(3S), 264-267. doi: 10.1044/2016_AJA-16-0002
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