About the Authors

Agnieszka Pollak

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Poland

Urszula Lechowicz

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Poland

Anna Kędra

Affiliations Department of Medical Genetics, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland, Postgraduate School of Molecular Medicine, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland

Piotr Stawiński

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Poland

Małgorzata Rydzanicz

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland

Mariusz Furmanek

Affiliations Bioimaging Research Center, World Hearing Centre, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw/Kajetany, Poland, Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, Medical Centre for Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland

Małgorzata Brzozowska

Affiliation Department of Forensic Medicine, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland

Maciej Mrówka

Affiliation Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Surgery Clinic, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw/Kajetany, Poland

Henryk Skarżyński

Affiliation Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Surgery Clinic, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw/Kajetany, Poland

Piotr H. Skarżyński

Affiliations Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Surgery Clinic, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw/Kajetany, Poland, Department of Heart Failure and Cardiac Rehabilitation, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, Institute of Sensory Organs, Kajetany, Poland

Monika Ołdak

Contributed equally to this work with: Monika Ołdak, Rafał Płoski

rploski@wp.pl (RP); m.oldak@ifps.org.pl (MO)

‡ These authors shared last authorship on this work.

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Poland

Rafał Płoski

Contributed equally to this work with: Monika Ołdak, Rafał Płoski

rploski@wp.pl (RP); m.oldak@ifps.org.pl (MO)

‡ These authors shared last authorship on this work.

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: AP HS MO RP. Data curation: PS MF MM. Formal analysis: MO RP. Funding acquisition: AP UL MR HS. Investigation: AP UL AK MR MF MB MM. Methodology: AP UL AK MR PHS HS. Project administration: AP. Resources: AP UL MR MB MF. Software: PS. Supervision: HS. Validation: AK MB PHS. Visualization: AP AK UL MR MF. Writing – original draft: AP AK UL MR MM. Writing – review & editing: MO RP.