Ghoncheh, Mohammad https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3897-7218
Maas, Patrick
Prenzler, Nils
Salcher, Rolf B.
Lenarz, Thomas
Maier, Hannes https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8457-5327
Funding for this research was provided by:
William Demant Fonden
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (EXC 2177/1 1 - Project ID 390895286)
Oticon Medical
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH)
Article History
Received: 12 May 2025
Accepted: 27 December 2025
First Online: 20 January 2026
Declarations
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: The use of whole human cadaver heads for these experiments was approved by the ethics committee of the Hannover Medical School (8151_BO_K_2018).
: PM is/was an employee of Oticon Medical, MG, and HM received travel support by Oticon Medical to conferences. The authors disclose no other conflicts of interest.