About the Authors

Uwe Baumann

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Uwe.Baumann@unimedizin-ffm.de

Affiliation ENT/Audiological Acoustics, University Hospital, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Tobias Weissgerber

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation ENT/Audiological Acoustics, University Hospital, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Andreas Radeloff

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Otorhinolaryngology and Research Center Neurosensory Science, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

Karin A. Koinig

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Research Department, MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte GmbH, Innsbruck, Austria

Magdalena Breu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Research Department, MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte GmbH, Innsbruck, Austria

Jasmine Rinnofner

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Research Department, MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte GmbH, Innsbruck, Austria

Vera Lohnherr

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenklinik (Kopfklinik) Im Neuenheimer Feld, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany,

Stefan Dazert

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany

Christiane Völter

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany

Ilona Anderson

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Research Department, MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte GmbH, Innsbruck, Austria

Joachim Müller

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinic and Polyclinic for Ear, Nose, and Throat Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Hospital, Munich, Germany

Daniel Polterauer

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinic and Polyclinic for Ear, Nose, and Throat Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Hospital, Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors would like to disclose that Karin A. Koinig, Magdalena Breu, Jasmine Rinnofner, and Ilona Anderson are employed at MED-EL. All other authors declare no conflicts of interest. This study was designed in collaboration with MED-EL.