1Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
2Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
3Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
4Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Received March 2, 2018; accepted July 16, 2019.
N. N. conceived the idea for the experiment. N. N., R. H., and D. J. E. assisted in recruiting subjects. M. J. S., N. N., S.G.S., and M. J. G. designed the methods. M. J. S. collected and analyzed the data, drafted the manuscript, and prepared the figures. M. C. analyzed the retrospective data on stimulation rates presented in Figure 1. R. H., D. J. E., and S. A. provided input on study design and interpretation. S.G.S. and M. J. G. supervised the project. M. J. S., S.G.S., and M. J. G. interpreted results of the experiments. All authors edited and revised the manuscript and approved the final version.
This work was supported by National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant R01-AG051603 (M. J. G.), NIH grants R01-AG09191 and R37-AG09191 (S.G.S.), NIH grant F32-DC016478 (M. J. S.), NIH grant T32-DC000046E (M. J. S.), NIH Institutional Research Grant T32-DC000046E (S.G.S.: Co-Principle Investigator with Catherine Carr), and a seed grant from the University of Maryland - College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, College Park, MD.
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This work met all requirements for ethical research put forth by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the University of Maryland.
The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Address for correspondence: Maureen J. Shader, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
