∗Department of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio

†Department of Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Address correspondence and reprint request to Aaron C. Moberly, M.D., The Ohio State University Columbus, 915 Olentangy River Road, Suite 4000, Columbus, Ohio 43212; E-mail: [email protected]

Sources of support and disclosure of funding: A.C.M. and T.N.T. have received grant support from Cochlear Americas for an unrelated investigator-initiated research study. A.C.M. and K.J.V. have served as paid consultants for Advanced Bionics. A.C.M. has served as a paid consultant for Cochlear Americas. A.C.M. serves on the Board of Directors and is Chief Medical Officer for Otologic Technologies.

Funding: Effort on this study was supported by the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Career Development Award 5K23DC015539-02 and R01DC019088 to A.C.M., and VENI grant 275-89-035 from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) to T.N.T.