About the Authors

Chia-Hsiang Fu

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan City, Taiwan, ROC, Department of Otolaryngology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tao-Yuan City, Taiwan, ROC

Wan-Chun Tsai

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan City, Taiwan, ROC, Department of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan City, Taiwan, ROC

Ta-Jen Lee

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tao-Yuan City, Taiwan, ROC

Chi-Che Huang

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan City, Taiwan, ROC, Department of Otolaryngology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tao-Yuan City, Taiwan, ROC

Po-Hung Chang

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan City, Taiwan, ROC, Department of Otolaryngology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tao-Yuan City, Taiwan, ROC

Jong-Hwei Su Pang

jonghwei@mail.cgu.edu.tw

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan City, Taiwan, ROC, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, ROC

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CHF JHSP. Performed the experiments: CHF WCT. Analyzed the data: CHF TJL CCH PHC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TJL CCH PHC. Wrote the paper: CHF WCT TJL CCH PHC JHSP.