About the Authors

Patrick C. M. Wong

pwong@northwestern.edu

Affiliations Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Hugh Knowles Center for Clinical and Basic Science in Hearing and Its Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Bharath Chandrasekaran

Current address: Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Jing Zheng

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Hugh Knowles Center for Clinical and Basic Science in Hearing and Its Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PW. Performed the experiments: BC JZ. Analyzed the data: PW BC JZ. Wrote the paper: PW BC JZ.