∗School of Biomedical Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

†Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

‡Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, AZ Sint-Jan's Hospital, Bruges, Belgium

§School of Biomedical Engineering, Division of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

∥Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Sources of support and disclosure of funding: J.W., J.F., and R.A. own equity in Audioptics Medical Inc., a start-up company working to commercialize middle ear optical coherence tomography technology. Partial funding for this study was provided by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (501100000038) 151950 and Canadian Institutes of Health Research (501100000024) PJT180435.

F.C., X.Y., N.S., and D.P.M. declare no conflict of interest.

J.W. and J.F. contributed equally as co-first authors.

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