David S Haynes MD MMHC FACSEndowed Director of Relationship Development, Vice Chair-Chief Academic Officer, Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Neurosurgery & Hearing and Speech Sciences, Neurotology Division/Fellowship Program/Cochlear Implant Program Director, Skull Base Centre, Co-Director, Vanderbilt University Medical Centre, The Otology Group of Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tennessee, USA Rene H Gifford PhDProfessor, Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Centre, Director, Cochlear Implant Program, Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Centre, Nashville, Tennessee, USAGeorge B Wanna MD FACSProfessor, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Chair, Department of Otolaryngology, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai Beth Israel; Chief of the Division of Otology Neurotology at the Mount Sinai Health System, Director of Audiology, Hearing and Balance Center at the Mount Sinai Health System; Director of the Ear Institute at Mount Sinai Health System, New York City, USA Alejandro C Rivas MDAssociate Service Chief, Department of Otology and Neurotology, Director of Endoscopic Ear Surgery, Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, The Otology Group of Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt University Medical Centre, Nashville, Tennessee, USA