1Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
2Department of Audiology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
3Department of Auditory Implantation, Shandong Provincial ENT Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, People’s Republic of China
4Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, USA.
Received April 5, 2019; accepted September 16, 2019.
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Supported by the R01 grant from National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (R01 DC017846) and the R01 grant from National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders and National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01 DC016038).
Portions of this project were presented at the 42nd Annual MidWinter Meeting of The Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Baltimore, MD.
S.H. designed the study, participated in data collection and patient testing, drafted and approved the final version of this article. L.X. participated in data collection and patient testing, prepared the initial draft of this article, provided critical comments and approved the final version of this article. J.S. and F.-C.J. participated in data analysis, provided critical comments, and approved the final version of this article. X.C., J.F.L. and R.W. participated in data collection and patient testing, provided critical comments and approved the final version of this article. H.W. provided critical comments and approved the final version of this article.
The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Address for correspondence: Shuman He, MD, PhD, Eye and Ear Institute, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University, 915 Olentangy River Road, Suite 4000, Columbus, OH 43212, USA. E-mail: shuman.he@osumc.edu
