About the Authors

Richard D. Rabbitt

r.rabbitt@utah.edu

Affiliations Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sarah Clifford

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Kathryn D. Breneman

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Brenda Farrell

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

William E. Brownell

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RDR BF. Performed the experiments: RDR KDB BF. Analyzed the data: RDR SC KDB BF WEB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RDR SC. Wrote the paper: RDR.