About the Authors

Li Xia

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Otolaryngology Institute of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Shankai Yin

yinshankai@china.com (SY); Jian.Wang@dal.ca (JW)

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Otolaryngology Institute of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Jian Wang

yinshankai@china.com (SY); Jian.Wang@dal.ca (JW)

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Otolaryngology Institute of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, School of Human Communication Disorder, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JW. Performed the experiments: LX. Analyzed the data: LX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SY JW. Wrote the paper: LX. Revised the manuscript: SY JW.