About the Authors

Patrick C. M. Wong

p.wong@cuhk.edu.hk

Affiliations Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, PR China, The Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders, School of Communication, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Hugh Knowles Center for Clinical and Basic Science in Hearing and Its Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Marc Ettlinger

Current address: Human Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Veterans Affairs Northern California Health Care System, Martinez, California, United States of America

Affiliation The Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders, School of Communication, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Jing Zheng

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Hugh Knowles Center for Clinical and Basic Science in Hearing and Its Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PW ME JZ. Performed the experiments: PW ME JZ. Analyzed the data: PW ME JZ. Wrote the paper: PW ME JZ.