About the Authors

Shuo Wang

Affiliation Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Ruijuan Dong

Affiliation Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Dongxin Liu

Affiliation Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Yuan Wang

Affiliation Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Bo Liu

Affiliation Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Luo Zhang

dr.luozhang@gmail.com (LZ); xul@ohio.edu (LX)

Affiliation Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Li Xu

dr.luozhang@gmail.com (LZ); xul@ohio.edu (LX)

Affiliation School of Rehabilitation and Communication Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SW LX LZ. Performed the experiments: SW RD DL YW. Analyzed the data: SW BL LX LZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LX. Wrote the paper: SW LX LZ.