Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation alters cough sensitivity depending on stimulation parameters: potential implications for aspiration risk.

"Conflict of interest YC has numerous patents on wearables, including auricular stimulators and he is a shareholder at Stoparkinson LLC. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The author(s) declared that they were an editorial board member of Frontiers, at the time of submission. This had no impact on the peer review process and the final decision."

"The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Funding for this project was provided by the University of Otago, as well as an Explorer Grant from the Health Research Council of New Zealand, HRC reference: 21/778."

"Clinical trial registration ACTRN12623000128695."