About the Authors

Zhiyu Zhang

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, P.R. China, Shandong Institute of Otolaryngology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Otology, Jinan, P.R. China

Lei Shi

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, P.R. China

Wenhui Pang

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Affiliated Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Wenwen Liu

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, P.R. China, Shandong Institute of Otolaryngology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Otology, Jinan, P.R. China

Jianfeng Li

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, P.R. China, Shandong Institute of Otolaryngology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Otology, Jinan, P.R. China

Haibo Wang

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, P.R. China, Shandong Institute of Otolaryngology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Otology, Jinan, P.R. China

Guanggang Shi

shiguangangent@hotmail.com

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, P.R. China, Shandong Institute of Otolaryngology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Otology, Jinan, P.R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZZ WP GS. Performed the experiments: ZZ LS WP WL JL HW. Analyzed the data: ZZ LS WP WL JL HW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZZ WP GS. Wrote the paper: ZZ GS.