About the Authors

Andrea Vambutas

vambutas@lij.edu

Affiliations The Apelian Cochlear Implant Center, Department of Otolaryngology, North Shore-LIJ Health System, Clinical Teaching Campus for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New Hyde Park, New York, United States of America, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, United States of America

James DeVoti

Affiliation The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, United States of America

Elliot Goldofsky

Affiliation The Apelian Cochlear Implant Center, Department of Otolaryngology, North Shore-LIJ Health System, Clinical Teaching Campus for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New Hyde Park, New York, United States of America

Michael Gordon

Affiliation The Apelian Cochlear Implant Center, Department of Otolaryngology, North Shore-LIJ Health System, Clinical Teaching Campus for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New Hyde Park, New York, United States of America

Martin Lesser

Affiliation The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, United States of America

Vincent Bonagura

Affiliation The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The Feinstein Institute has filed a provisional patent for the use of IL1R2 as a biomarker for AIED

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AV. Performed the experiments: AV JD. Analyzed the data: AV ML VB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JD EG MG. Wrote the paper: AV.