*Department of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.; †Department of Otolaryngology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki; ‡Department of Otolaryngology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo; §Department of Sensory Medicine, Division of Otorhinolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, Akita University School of Medicine, Akita, Japan; and ∥Paparella Ear Head and Neck Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Sebahattin Cureoglu, M.D., Otitis Media Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota, Room 210, Lions Research Building, 2001 6th Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, U.S.A.; E-mail: [email protected]
This work was supported by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (grants R01 DC006452 and 3U24 DC008559-03S109), the International Hearing Foundation, and the Starkey Foundation.
