About the Authors

Rachel E. DeJonge

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, United States of America, Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, United States of America

Xiao-Ping Liu

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center Boston Children’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, United States of America

Christopher R. Deig

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, United States of America

Stefan Heller

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 94305, United States of America

Karl R. Koehler

ehashino@iupui.edu (EH); krkoehle@iupui.edu (KRK)

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, United States of America, Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, United States of America

Eri Hashino

ehashino@iupui.edu (EH); krkoehle@iupui.edu (KRK)

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, United States of America, Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests. There is a pending international patent application relevant to this study. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: KRK EH. Formal analysis: RED XPL KRK EH. Funding acquisition: EH. Investigation: RED XPL CRD KRK. Methodology: XPL KRK EH. Project administration: KRK EH. Resources: SH. Supervision: EH. Validation: KRK EH. Visualization: XPL KRK EH. Writing – original draft: RED XPL CRD KRK EH. Writing – review & editing: KRK EH.