Shan, Alan
Lin, Frank R.
Nieman, Carrie L.
Article History
First Online: 28 January 2020
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: Alan Shan declares that he has no conflict of interest.Frank R. Lin leads a research center at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health funded in part by a philanthropic gift from Cochlear Ltd. Dr. Lin serves on the Board of Directors for the nonprofit, Access HEARS and is a consultant for Boehringer Ingelheim, Amplifon, Caption Call, and Frequency Therapeutics. He has received travel funding from Cochlear Ltd.Carrie L. Nieman serves on the Board of Directors of the nonprofit, Access HEARS.
: All reported studies/experiments with human or animal subjects performed by the authors have been previously published and complied with all applicable ethical standards (including the Helsinki declaration and its amendments, institutional/national research committee standards, and international/national/institutional guidelines).