About the Authors

Jennifer C. Fuchs

Affiliation Craniofacial Development & Stem Cell Biology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

Fhatarah A. Zinnamon

Affiliation Ear Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Ruth R. Taylor

Affiliation Ear Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Sarah Ivins

Affiliation Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Peter J. Scambler

Affiliation Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Andrew Forge

Affiliation Ear Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Abigail S. Tucker

Affiliation Craniofacial Development & Stem Cell Biology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

Jennifer F. Linden

j.linden@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliations Ear Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JFL AST. Performed the experiments: JFL JCF AST FAZ RRT AF. Analyzed the data: JCF JFL AST FAZ RRT AF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PJS SI. Wrote the manuscript: JFL JCF FAZ AST.