About the Authors

Robert Gürkov

robert.guerkov@med.uni-muenchen.de

Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 Munich, Germany, German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 Munich, Germany

Ralf Strobl

Affiliations German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 Munich, Germany, Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometrics and Epidemiology (IBE), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität-München, Marchioninistr. 17, 81377 Munich, Germany

Nina Heinlin

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 Munich, Germany

Eike Krause

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 Munich, Germany

Bernhard Olzowy

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 Munich, Germany

Christina Koppe

Affiliation German Meteorological Service, Frankfurter Str. 135, 63067 Offenbach, Germany

Eva Grill

Affiliations German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 Munich, Germany, Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometrics and Epidemiology (IBE), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität-München, Marchioninistr. 17, 81377 Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RG RS EG EK BO. Performed the experiments: NH RS. Analyzed the data: NH RS RG EG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EG CK. Wrote the paper: RG RS EG EK CK.