1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium
2Experimental Laboratory of Translational Neurosciences and Dento-Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
3Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
4World Hearing Center, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw/Kajetany, Poland
5Heart Failure and Cardiac Rehabilitation Department, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
6Institute of Sensory Organs, Warsaw/Kajetany, Poland
7Yorkshire Auditory Implant Service, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford, United Kingdom
8National Institute for Health Research, Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom
9Hearing Sciences, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
10Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Medical School, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
11Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Australia
12Biomedical Research Networking Centre on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Institute of Health Carlos III, (CIBERER-U761), Madrid, Spain.
The authors thank Kristien Wouters (Antwerp University Hospital) for her contributions to the statistical analyses and Wilnelia Adams (MED-EL) for language editing a version of this article. The study was supported by the HEARRING group.
G. M. coordinated the multicenter study, reviewed data from all sites, provided interpretive analysis, and drafted the paper. E. A., A. J. C., M. C., I. S. C., E. M., K. B., W. S., C. K., L. T., J. R., J. M. C., D. T.-V., R. M., and A. A. performed the experiments, collected data at the respective sites, and provided critical revision. V. T., P. V. d. H., V. V. R., J. G., L. L., P. S., H. S., and C. R. provided critical revision. All authors read and approved the final article.
The Antwerp University Hospital (UZA) currently receives a research grant from MED-EL, Innsbruck, Austria.
At the time of submission, A. J. C. was employed at Cochlear Benelux. However, data collection was performed during her employment at the Antwerp University Hospital and the University of Antwerp.
This manuscript does not necessarily reflect the opinions of Cochlear Benelux, and Cochlear Benelux did not have any impact on the results or the content of the manuscript.
Received November 15, 2019; accepted August 7, 2020.
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