About the Authors

Mark A. Crumling

Affiliation Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Liqian Liu

Affiliation Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Paul V. Thomas

Affiliation Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Jennifer Benson

Affiliation Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Ariane Kanicki

Affiliation Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Lisa Kabara

Affiliation Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Karin Hälsey

Affiliation Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

David Dolan

Affiliation Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

R. Keith Duncan

rkduncan@umich.edu

Affiliation Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAC RKD. Performed the experiments: MAC LQL PVT JB AK LK. Analyzed the data: RKD MAC KH AK PVT DD LK. Wrote the paper: MAC RKD.