About the Authors
- Carol Q. Pham
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* E-mail: carol.pham@uci.edu
Affiliations Center for Hearing Research, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
- Peter Bremen
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Current address: Department of Biophysics, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Affiliations Center for Hearing Research, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
- Weidong Shen
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Affiliation Institute of Otolaryngology, Chinese PLA Genera Hospital, Beijing, China
- Shi-Ming Yang
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Affiliation Institute of Otolaryngology, Chinese PLA Genera Hospital, Beijing, China
- John C. Middlebrooks
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Affiliations Center for Hearing Research, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Cognitive Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
- Fan-Gang Zeng
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Affiliations Center for Hearing Research, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Cognitive Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
- Myles Mc Laughlin
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Current address: Department of Neurosciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Affiliations Center for Hearing Research, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors confirm that co-author, Fan-Gang Zeng, is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member but this does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CQP PB MML. Performed the experiments: CQP WS SY. Analyzed the data: CQP PB MML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CQP PB JCM FGZ MML. Wrote the paper: CQP PB WS SY JCM FGZ MML. Designed the software used for psychophysical testing: MML. Subject recruiting for research: CQP.