1Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Ministry of Education, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China
2Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China
3House Institute Foundation, Los Angeles, California, USA
4Department of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Received September 3, 2021; accepted May 5, 2022; published online ahead of print June 23, 2022.
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Q.F. and Y.L. designed the experiments. J.C., Y.S., Y.K., B.C., L.Z. collected the data. J.C., J.G., Y.L., and Q.F. analyzed the data and wrote the initial and revised manuscripts. All authors reviewed the manuscript.
Q.F. has a financial interest at Nurotron Biotechnology Co. Ltd., a medical device company that designs, develops, and markets CI systems. The remaining authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Address for correspondence: Yongxin Li, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100730, PR China. E-mail: [email protected]; Qian-Jie Fu, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA. E-mail: [email protected]