About the Authors

David W. Maidment

David.Maidment@ihr.mrc.ac.uk

Affiliation Medical Research Council Institute of Hearing Research, Nottingham, United Kingdom

HiJee Kang

Current Address: Laboratoire des Systèmes Perceptifs, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France

Affiliation Medical Research Council Institute of Hearing Research, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Emma C. Gill

Affiliation Medical Research Council Institute of Hearing Research, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Sygal Amitay

Affiliation Medical Research Council Institute of Hearing Research, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

Dr. Sygal Amitay currently serves on the editorial board of PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DWM SA. Performed the experiments: DWM HJK ECG. Analyzed the data: DWM HJK ECG SA. Wrote the paper: DWM SA. Contributed to the final design of the experiments: ECG.