About the Authors

Malini Visweswaran

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Luca Schiefer

Affiliations School of Biomedical Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Frank Arfuso

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Rodney J. Dilley

Affiliation Ear Sciences Centre, University of Western Australia and Ear Science Institute Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Philip Newsholme

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Arun Dharmarajan

a.dharmarajan@curtin.edu.au

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors declare that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MV LS FA RJD PN AD. Performed the experiments: MV. Analyzed the data: MV LS FA RJD PN AD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RJD AD. Wrote the paper: MV LS FA RJD PN AD.