About the Authors

Dale W. Hailey

Affiliations Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Brock Roberts

Affiliations Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Kelly N. Owens

Affiliations Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Andrew K. Stewart

Affiliation Renal Division and Molecular and Vascular Medicine Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Tor Linbo

Affiliation Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Remy Pujol

Affiliations Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, INSERM Unit 583, Universite de Montpellier, Institut des Neurosciences de Montpellier, Hopital St. Eloi, Montpellier, France

Seth L. Alper

Affiliation Renal Division and Molecular and Vascular Medicine Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Edwin W. Rubel

Affiliations Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

David W. Raible

draible@u.washington.edu

Affiliations Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DWH BR KNO AKS RP SLA EWR DWR. Performed the experiments: DWH BR KNO AKS RP TL. Analyzed the data: DWH BR KNO AKS RP SLA EWR DWR. Wrote the paper: DWH KNO SLA EWR DWR.