About the Authors

M. Charles Liberman

Affiliations Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Eaton-Peabody Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Leslie D. Liberman

Affiliation Eaton-Peabody Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Stéphane F. Maison

stephane_maison@meei.harvard.edu

Affiliations Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Eaton-Peabody Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SFM MCL. Performed the experiments: SFM LDL. Analyzed the data: SFM MCL. Wrote the paper: SFM MCL.