About the Authors
- Berthe C. Oosterloo
-
Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft
* E-mail: 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.