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Pure tone audiometry, sound thresholds, word recognition scores in quiet and speech reception thresholds in noise were assessed. Medical and technical complication information was gathered.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>All the patients underwent unilateral implantation with the latest generation Cochlear MET between 2014 and 2016. Mean length of follow-up was 3.7\u00a0years. Compared to the unaided condition, the implant provided significant functional gain (mean <jats:italic>M<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200926.1\u00a0dB) at 12\u00a0months follow-up. Compared to before surgery, average word recognition in quiet at 65\u00a0dB and at 80\u00a0dB SPL, as well as speech reception threshold in noise, were significantly better at 12\u00a0months. However, postoperative air conduction thresholds 6\u00a0months after implantation worsened by 10.3\u00a0dB (standard deviation SD\u2009=\u20095.8\u00a0dB). Postoperatively, three patients had skin problems around the processor, and one of them completely resigned from using the device 5\u00a0months after activation. Technical failures occurred in 4 cases. There were 9 out of 10 patients who still used the MET, but only 5 of them used the processor regularly (every day).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Despite changes in the transducer implemented by the manufacturer, we observed a significant number of adverse events in users of the latest generation of MET.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00405-020-06031-6","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,5,13]],"date-time":"2020-05-13T13:03:28Z","timestamp":1589375008000},"page":"3013-3019","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Three-year audiological outcomes of the latest generation middle ear transducer (MET) implant"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"277","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7141-9851","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Henryk","family":"Skar\u017cy\u0144ski","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6607-2355","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Beata","family":"Dziendziel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3737-5730","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"El\u017cbieta","family":"W\u0142odarczyk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4978-1915","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Piotr H.","family":"Skar\u017cy\u0144ski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,5,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"6031_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1645","DOI":"10.1097\/MLG.0b013e31817b013a","volume":"118","author":"VJO Verhaegen","year":"2008","unstructured":"Verhaegen VJO, Mylanus EAM, Cremers CWRJ, Snik AFM (2008) Audiological application criteria for implantable hearing aid devices: a clinical experience at the Nijmegen ORL clinic. 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