About the Authors

Dingjun Zha

Contributed equally to this work with: Dingjun Zha, Fangyi Chen

Affiliations Oregon Hearing Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China

Fangyi Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Dingjun Zha, Fangyi Chen

chenfa@ohsu.edu

Affiliation Oregon Hearing Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Sripriya Ramamoorthy

Affiliation Oregon Hearing Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Anders Fridberger

Affiliations Karolinska Institutet, Center for Hearing and Communication Research, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention, and Technology, M1 Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Oregon Hearing Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Niloy Choudhury

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, United States of America

Steven L. Jacques

Affiliations Department of Dermatology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Ruikang K. Wang

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Alfred L. Nuttall

Affiliations Oregon Hearing Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DZ FC ALN. Performed the experiments: DZ FC. Analyzed the data: DZ FC SR AF ALN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DZ FC SR AF ALN. Wrote the paper: DZ FC SR AF ALN. Developed OCT System: NC SLJ RKW.