About the Authors

Patrick J. Atkinson

Affiliations Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Andrew K. Wise

Affiliations Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medical Bionics, University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Brianna O. Flynn

Affiliation Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Bryony A. Nayagam

Affiliations Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Clifford R. Hume

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Stephen J. O’Leary

Affiliations Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Robert K. Shepherd

Affiliations Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medical Bionics, University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Rachael T. Richardson

rrichardson@bionicsinstitute.org

Affiliations Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medical Bionics, University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PJA AKW BAN SJO RKS RTR. Performed the experiments: PJA AKW BOF CRH. Analyzed the data: PJA AKW RTR BAN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CRH. Wrote the paper: PJA AKW BOF BAN SJO RKS RTR.