About the Authors

Torsten Rahne

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

torsten.rahne@uk-halle.de

Affiliation University Hospital Halle (Saale), Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany

Robert Köppke

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University Hospital Halle (Saale), Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany

Michael Nehring

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Air Force Centre of Aerospace Medicine, Aviation Physiology Training Centre, Königsbrück, Germany

Stefan K. Plontke

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University Hospital Halle (Saale), Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany

Hans-Georg Fischer

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations University Hospital Halle (Saale), Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany, Military Hospital Hamburg, Department of Otorhinolaryngology (ENT), Head and Neck Surgery, Hamburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.