Alper, Cuneyt M.
Teixeira, Miriam S.
Kim, Jeehong H.
Douglas Swarts, J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (DC007667, DCO13167)
University of Pittsburgh (UL1 TL1TR000005)
Article History
Received: 24 September 2016
Accepted: 10 December 2016
First Online: 21 December 2016
Compliance with ethical standards
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: This study was funded in part by National Institute of Health P-50 Grant DC007667, University of Pittsburgh Clinical Scientist Training Program and Clinical and Translational Science Institute Program UL1 TL1TR00000.
: Authors Cuneyt M. Alper, Miriam S.Teixeira, Jeehong H. Kim and J. Douglas Swarts declare that he/she has no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.