Luca, Emilia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8279-067X
Ibeh, Neke https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3262-2248
Yamamoto, Ryosuke https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2464-5335
Liang, Weisheng https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9204-3111
Bennett, Dallas https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7001-7346
Lin, Vincent https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0505-158X
Chen, Joseph https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3724-6630
Lovett, Michael https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6510-5829
Dabdoub, Alain https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4259-2425
Funding for this research was provided by:
Gouvernement du Canada | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR PJT-183579)
Gouvernement du Canada | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR PJT-183579)
Hearing Health Foundation (Hearing Restoration Project)
Michael and Sonja Koerner Charitable Foundation
Department of Otolaryngology (University of Toronto) Harry Barberian Research Fund
MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship)
Canadian Graduate Scholarship - Masters Program from CIHR, Ontario Graduate Scholarship Doctoral Award, and Raymond H. W. Ng Graduate Scholarship
Article History
Received: 1 December 2023
Accepted: 5 November 2025
First Online: 11 December 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.