About the Authors

Eugen Kludt

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

kludt.eugen@mh-hannover.de

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Medical University of Hannover, Hanover, Germany

Waldo Nogueira

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

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, Medical University of Hannover, Hanover, Germany, Hearing4all, Oldenburg, Germany

Thomas Lenarz

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

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, Medical University of Hannover, Hanover, Germany, Hearing4all, Oldenburg, Germany

Andreas Buechner

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, Medical University of Hannover, Hanover, Germany, Hearing4all, Oldenburg, Germany

Competing Interests

This work was supported by Cochlear Ltd. EK received travel support by Cochlear Ltd. to meetings. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.