1. Phil A. Silva is executive director of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Unit. Address: Dr. Phil A. Silva, Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Unit, co Department of Paediatrics and Child Health University of Medical School, P.O. Box 913 Dunedin, New Zealand.
2. Coralie Kirkland is research audiometrist at the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Unit.
3. Anne Simpson is a medical officer with the New Zealand Department of Health seconded to the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Unit. She is chief of the Health Research within the unit.
4. Ian Stewart is an otolaryngologist and ear, nose, and throat surgeon in the University of Otago Medical School and Dunedin Public Hospital. He is also principal investigator of the otological and audiological studies carried out at the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Unit.
5. Sheila Williams, is biostatistician at the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Unit.