Roche, Marie Valerie
Tang, Pei-Ciao
Yan, Denise
De Marchena, Michelle Rose
Robayo, Maria Camila
Abad, Clemer
Guo, Yan
Gong, Feng
Walz, Katherina
Liu, Xue Zhong
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (R01DC005575)
National Institutes of Health,United States (R01DC022239)
U.S. Department of Defense (RH220053- W81XWH-22-HRRP-FRA)
Article History
Received: 25 September 2025
Accepted: 11 March 2026
First Online: 26 March 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was approved by the University of Miami institutional Review Board. DNA samples included in this study were collected from adults subjects attending the outpatient clinic of the University of Miami Ear Institute. All patients provided written informed consent.
: The study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Miami, USA, Approval Number CR00000333, December 2022.
: Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study.