About the Authors

Haifeng Yin

Affiliation The Departments of Neuroscience and Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the Center for Hearing and Balance and the Center for Sensory Biology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Catherine O. Copley

Affiliation The Departments of Neuroscience and Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the Center for Hearing and Balance and the Center for Sensory Biology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Lisa V. Goodrich

Affiliation The Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Maryland, United States of America

Michael R. Deans

mdeans4@jhmi.edu

Affiliation The Departments of Neuroscience and Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the Center for Hearing and Balance and the Center for Sensory Biology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HY MRD. Performed the experiments: HY COC MRD. Analyzed the data: HY MRD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LVG. Wrote the paper: MRD.