About the Authors
- Matthew Ryals
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Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft
Affiliation Department of Surgery/Otolaryngology, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Kwang Pak
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Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization
Affiliation Department of Surgery/Otolaryngology, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Rahul Jalota
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Roles Investigation, Visualization
Affiliation Department of Surgery/Otolaryngology, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Arwa Kurabi
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Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Surgery/Otolaryngology, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Allen F. Ryan
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: afryan@ucsd.edu
Affiliations Department of Surgery/Otolaryngology, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Research Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Diego, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dr. Ryan is a co-founder of, shareholder in and consultant to Otonomy, Inc., which develops slow-release therapeutics for the treatment of ear disease. This relationship has been approved by the UCSD and San Diego VA Committees on Conflict of Interest. The company played no role in this research, and this relationship does not alter our adherence to PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.