1Communication Sciences and Disorders, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio; 2O'Bleness Memorial Hospital, Athens, Ohio; 3Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Nanjing, China; and 4Department of Otolaryngology-HNS, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
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This work was supported in part by 2008 Advancing Academic-Research Career Award from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2009 Annual Research Grant from the Department of Medical Research in China Medical University Hospital (DMR99–048), Taiwan, and the Clinical Trial and Research Center of Excellence Funds (DOH100-TD-B-111-004) from the Taiwanese Department of Health.
This article was presented at the American Auditory Society Annual Meeting, March 4–6, 2010.
Address for correspondence: Fuh-Cherng Jeng, MD, PhD, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Ohio University, W224 Grover Center, Athens, OH 45701, USA. E-mail: [email protected].
Received October 14, 2010; accepted March 26, 2011.