1Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; 2Department of Developmental Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands; 3Dutch Foundation for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Child, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 4Willem-Alexander Children’s Hospital, Department of Social Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; 5Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; and 6Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
The DECIBEL study was financially supported by the Heinsius-Houbolt Fund, the Willem-Alexander Children’s Fund, and the Wieger Wakinoerfund.
The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
A.P.N., S.K., and A.M.H.K. had full access to all of the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Study concept and design: S.K., A.M.H.K., A.M.O.-M., C.R., F.W.D., J.H.M.F. Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data: all authors. Drafting of the manuscript: A.P.N., C.R. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: all authors. Statistical analysis: A.P.N. Obtained funding: A.M.O.-M., J.H.M.F. Administrative, technical, or material support: all authors. Study supervision: C.R., J.H.M.F. Approval for this study was obtained through the Ethical Committee of the Leiden University Medical Center.
Received June 10, 2016; accepted January 23, 2017.
Address for correspondence: Anouk P. Netten, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9600, Leiden, The Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected]
