∗Department of Otolaryngology, University of Melbourne
†Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Shaare-Zedek Medical Center, Affiliated with the Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem
‡Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Stefan Weder, M.D., Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Bern University Hospital, CH - 3010 Bern, Switzerland; E-mail: [email protected]
S.W. and C.S. have contributed equally to this work.
Financial Disclosures/Conflicts of Interest: C.S. was supported by the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, and the Gordon Darling Bequest to the University of Melbourne.
S.J.O. is funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia). His employer, the University of Melbourne, receives research grants from Cochlear.
R.J.B. is a Consultant to Cochlear (Sydney, Australia).