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Article History

Received: 8 July 2025

Accepted: 6 February 2026

First Online: 3 June 2026

Declarations

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: S.L.C and K.A.G have received honoraria as members of the Speakers’ Bureau for Cochlear Corp. K.A.G have received honoraria as members of the Speakers’ Bureau for Med-El, and Advanced Bionics. They have also acted as consultants for Eli Lilly, Akouos (Eli Lilly), and Decibel (Regeneron). S.L.C has received royalties from Plural Publishing for editing the Manual of Pediatric Balance Disorders and Nova Publishing for editing K.J. Lee’s Essential Pediatric Otolaryngology Volume 1 and 2. S.L.C also maintains a Sponsored Research Agreement with Cochlear Americas. K.A.G holds the Cochlear Americas Chair in Auditory Development and the Bastable-Potts Health Clinician Scientist in Hearing Impairment position and serves as a lecturer at Salus, Drexel University. M.H acts as a sub-investigator for Akouos (Eli Lilly).

: This study was conducted in accordance with ethical standards and approved by the independent Research Ethics Board at The Hospital for Sick Children (REB 1000079136). All participants provided informed consent or assent, with parental or guardian consent obtained for minors, as required by the ethical review process.