About the Authors

Georgios Mantokoudis

mantokoudis@gmx.ch

Affiliation University Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

Claudia Dähler

Affiliation University Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

Patrick Dubach

Affiliation University Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

Martin Kompis

Affiliation University Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

Marco D. Caversaccio

Affiliation University Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

Pascal Senn

Affiliation University Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The company Logitech Europe S.A. provided commercially available products for this study. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GM CD PD MK MDC PS. Performed the experiments: GM CD. Analyzed the data: GM CD PS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GM MK MDC PS. Wrote the paper: GM CD PD MK MDC PS.