About the Authors

Massimo Ralli

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

massimo.ralli@uniroma1.it

Affiliations Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Antonio Greco

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Armando Boccassini

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Giancarlo Altissimi

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Carlo Di Paolo

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Vincenzo Falasca

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Armando De Virgilio

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Otorhinolaryngology Unit, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, MI, Italy

Antonella Polimeni

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Giancarlo Cianfrone

Roles Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Marco de Vincentiis

Roles Supervision, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist