About the Authors

Berthe C. Oosterloo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

b.oosterloo@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Erasmus MC, The Netherlands, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, The Netherlands

Nienke C. Homans

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Erasmus MC, The Netherlands

Rob J. Baatenburg de Jong

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Erasmus MC, The Netherlands

M. Arfan Ikram

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, The Netherlands

A. Paul Nagtegaal

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Erasmus MC, The Netherlands

André Goedegebure

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

Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Erasmus MC, The Netherlands, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: AG received funding from Cochlear Ltd. BCO and AG also received funding from Heinsius Houbolt fonds. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare.