∗Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Technische Universität Dresden, Carl Gustav Carus Faculty of Medicine, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany

†Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Clinical Sensoring and Monitoring, Technische Universität Dresden, Carl Gustav Carus Faculty of Medicine, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany

‡Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Technische Universität Dresden, Carl Gustav Carus Faculty of Medicine, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Joseph Morgenstern, Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Halschirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany; E-mail: [email protected]

Funding: Joseph Morgenstern and Jonas Golde received funding from Else-Kröner-Fresenius-Center for Digital Health Dresden, Project: D2EAR (Digital Diagnostics for the middle ear with endoscopic optical coherence tomography and machine learning).

Svea Steuer received funding from the European Union/European Social Fund (ESF) and the Free State of Saxony, doctoral scholarship (project no. 100380876).

Ethics:

The study followed the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB00001473) at the Technische Universität Dresden (EK 252062017). Informed consent was obtained from all participants.

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