About the Authors

Ekaterina Novozhilova

Affiliations Division of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Center for Hearing and Communication Research, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Section of Otorhinolaryngology, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Petri Olivius

petri.olivius@lio.se

Affiliations Department of ENT—Head and Neck Surgery, UHL, County Council of Östergötland, Linköping, Sweden, Division of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Center for Hearing and Communication Research, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Section of Otorhinolaryngology, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Piyaporn Siratirakun

Affiliations Center for Hearing and Communication Research, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Section of Otorhinolaryngology, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Cecilia Lundberg

Affiliation CNS Gene Therapy Unit, Dept. of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Ulrica Englund-Johansson

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Institution of Clinical Sciences in Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EN PO PS UEJ. Performed the experiments: EN. Analyzed the data: EN PO UEJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PO CL UEJ. Wrote the paper: EN PO UEJ.