U.S. Phase I preliminary results of use of the Otologics MET Fully-Implantable Ossicular Stimulator.

Objectives: The safety of the Otologics Fully-Implantable MET Ossicular Stimulator was assessed in adult patients with bilateral moderate to severe sensorineural hearing loss.

Methods: Surgical implantation of the ossicular stimulator was performed. A repeated-measure, within-subjects design assessed safety and aided sound field thresholds and speech performances with the subject's own, appropriately fitted, walk-in hearing aid(s) and the Otologics Fully-Implantable MET Ossicular Stimulator.

Malignant cylindroma of the external auditory canal.

Objective: This report describes a case of a malignant cylindroma arising in the external auditory canal.

Study Design: Retrospective surgical case review.

Setting: Tertiary care teaching hospital.