About the Authors

Dimitar Spirrov

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

dimitar.spirrov@kuleuven.be

Affiliation ExpORL, Neurosciences, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Maaike Van Eeckhoutte

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation ExpORL, Neurosciences, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Lieselot Van Deun

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations ExpORL, Neurosciences, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Tom Francart

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

Affiliation ExpORL, Neurosciences, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Competing Interests

Apart from the necessary additional equipment provided by Cochlear Ltd, the funders had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. We declare no competing interest. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.