About the Authors

Hongzhe Li

liho@ohsu.edu (HL); steygerp@ohsu.edu (PSS)

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Oregon Hearing Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Qi Wang

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Oregon Hearing Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Peter S. Steyger

liho@ohsu.edu (HL); steygerp@ohsu.edu (PSS)

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Oregon Hearing Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HL PS. Performed the experiments: HL QW. Analyzed the data: HL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HL PS. Wrote the paper: HL PS.