About the Authors

Jane Bjerg Jensen

Affiliations Eaton-Peabody Laboratories and Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, 02114, United States of America, Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Sciences, CFIM, University of Copenhagen, 2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark

Andrew C. Lysaght

Affiliations Eaton-Peabody Laboratories and Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, 02114, United States of America, Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, United States of America, Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology, Division of Health Science and Technology, Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, 02139, United States of America

M. Charles Liberman

Affiliations Eaton-Peabody Laboratories and Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, 02114, United States of America, Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, United States of America, Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology, Division of Health Science and Technology, Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, 02139, United States of America

Klaus Qvortrup

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, CFIM, University of Copenhagen, 2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark

Konstantina M. Stankovic

konstantina_stankovic@meei.harvard.edu

Affiliations Eaton-Peabody Laboratories and Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, 02114, United States of America, Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, United States of America, Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology, Division of Health Science and Technology, Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, 02139, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JBJ ACL MCL KMS. Performed the experiments: JBJ ACL. Analyzed the data: JBJ ACL MCL KQ KMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KMS MCL. Wrote the paper: JBJ KMS. Critically edited the manuscript: JBJ ACL MCL KQ KMS.