About the Authors

Kiyoto Kurima

Affiliation Otolaryngology Branch, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Ronna Hertzano

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Oksana Gavrilova

Affiliation Mouse Metabolism Core Laboratory, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Kelly Monahan

Affiliation Otolaryngology Branch, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Karl B. Shpargel

Affiliation Otolaryngology Branch, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Garani Nadaraja

Affiliation Otolaryngology Branch, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Yoshiyuki Kawashima

Affiliation Otolaryngology Branch, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Kyu Yup Lee

Affiliation Otolaryngology Branch, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Taku Ito

Affiliation Otolaryngology Branch, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Yujiro Higashi

Affiliation Department of Perinatology, Institute for Developmental Research, Aichi Human Service Center, Kasugai, Japan

David J. Eisenman

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Scott E. Strome

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Andrew J. Griffith

griffita@nidcd.nih.gov

Affiliation Otolaryngology Branch, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KK RH OG AJG. Performed the experiments: KK RH OG KM KBS GN YK KYL TI. Analyzed the data: KK RH OG KM KBS YH DJE SES AJG. Wrote the paper: KK AJG.