About the Authors

Andrew C. Lysaght

andrew_lysaght@meei.harvard.edu

Affiliations Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology, Harvard/MIT Joint Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Eaton Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Quan Yuan

Affiliation Department of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Yi Fan

Affiliation Department of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Neil Kalwani

Affiliation Eaton Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Paul Caruso

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

MaryBeth Cunnane

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Beate Lanske

Affiliation Department of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Konstantina M. Stanković

Affiliations Eaton Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ACL BL KMS. Performed the experiments: ACL QY YF. Analyzed the data: ACL PC MBC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ACL QY NK PC MBC BL KMS YF. Wrote the paper: ACL NK.