This bonus episode’s guest is Allison Coffin. Allison is a Washington State University professor who studies how hearing is lost and the ways it can be mitigated. She also runs the science communication non-profit Science Talk. I talked to he about her research in hearing loss and her goal to help science communicators do better.

The Science of Hearing Loss

Allison studies the cellular mechanism behind hearing loss and how they can develop drugs to prevent hearing loss or to regenerate hearing after hearing loss has occurred.

Science Communication

Check out the Science Talk website and sign up for the conference in April 2019