About the Authors

Xiuling Zhang

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing, China

Yanhong Dai

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing, China

Shuyi Zhang

Affiliation Laboratory of Modern Acoustics, Institute of Acoustics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Wandong She

shewandong@163.com

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing, China

Xiaoping Du

Affiliation Hough Ear Institute, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Xiuji Shui

Affiliation Laboratory of Modern Acoustics, Institute of Acoustics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WS XZ SZ YD. Performed the experiments: XZ SZ YD XS. Analyzed the data: XZ WS XD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SZ XS. Wrote the paper: XZ WS XD YD.