About the Authors

Phillip M. Uribe

Contributed equally to this work with: Phillip M. Uribe, Melissa A. Mueller

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Pomona College, Claremont, California, United States of America

Melissa A. Mueller

Contributed equally to this work with: Phillip M. Uribe, Melissa A. Mueller

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Julia S. Gleichman

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Pomona College, Claremont, California, United States of America

Matthew D. Kramer

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Qi Wang

Affiliation Oregon Hearing Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Martha Sibrian-Vazquez

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Robert M. Strongin

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Peter S. Steyger

Affiliation Oregon Hearing Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Douglas A. Cotanche

Affiliations Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Research Group, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jonathan I. Matsui

Jonathan.Matsui@pomona.edu

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience, Pomona College, Claremont, California, United States of America, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

Senior author Jonathan I. Matsui is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PMU MAM JSG MDK QW MSV RMS PSS DAC JIM. Performed the experiments: PMU MAM JSG MDK QW MSV JIM. Analyzed the data: PMU MAM JSG MDK MSV RMS PSS JIM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QW MSV RMS PSS. Wrote the paper: PMU MAM MSV RMS PSS DAC JIM.