About the Authors

Malinda J. McPherson

mmcpherson@jhu.edu

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Monica Lopez-Gonzalez

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Summer K. Rankin

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Charles J. Limb

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJM MLG CJL. Performed the experiments: MJM MLG. Analyzed the data: MJM SKR. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MJM SKR CJL.