∗Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

†Animal Health IT, MSD Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic

‡Institute for Interventional and Diagnostic Neuroradiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Jurgita Ivanauskaite, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, Carl-Neuberg-Street 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany; E-mail: [email protected]

Conflicts of interest and source of funding: As a first author, I am disclosing that my sister Justina Ivanauskaite is working as a director of data science in Animal Health IT, MSD Czech Republic. The content of our research is not related to the products of MSD, and our partnership on this research is based on our familial relationship. In addition, I received a travel grant from the Cluster of Excellence “Hearing4all” EXC 1077/1, 30625 Hanover, Germany, to attend the ARO MidWinter 2023 meeting. For the remaining authors, none were declared.