About the Authors

Ciara Leydon

leydonc@sacredheart.edu

Current address: Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States of America

Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Mitsuyoshi Imaizumi

Current address: Department of Otolaryngology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima City, Japan

Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Rebecca S. Bartlett

Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Sarah F. Wang

Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Susan L. Thibeault

Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CL SLT. Performed the experiments: CL MI RSB SFW. Analyzed the data: CL RSB SFW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CL SLT. Wrote the paper: CL MI RSB SFW SLT.