About the Authors

Robert Schuon

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

schuon.robert@mh-hannover.de

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Josef Schwarzensteiner

Roles Investigation, Software, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Gerrit Paasche

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

Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, Hearing4all Cluster of Excellence, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Thomas Lenarz

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, Hearing4all Cluster of Excellence, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Samuel John

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision

Affiliation HörSys GmbH, Hannover, Germany

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: SJ is employed by HörSys GmbH. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.