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Follow-up (F\/U) time-dependent objective measurements (audiological outcomes), subjective data collection (quality-of-life questionnaire), and safety measures are presented. <b><i>Results:<\/i><\/b> Sixty-two ears were included in the analysis with up to 116 months of postsurgical F\/U data (mean 32.15 \u00b1 37.97 months LP and SP coupler). Fifty-three ears (13 bilateral cases) received the LP coupler and 9 subjects the SP coupler. The post-operative bone conduction thresholds remained stable and, in both groups, &#x3c;10 dB. The benefit in word recognition scores measured at 65 dB SPL and 80 dB SPL showed no significant difference between the couplers (<i>p<\/i> = 0.559 and <i>p<\/i> = 0.088, respectively). The functional gain was not significantly different (<i>p<\/i> &#x3e; 0.05) with a mean of 20.91 \u00b1 9.77 and 17.19 \u00b1 5.75 for LP and SP coupler, respectively. The utility score deciphered from the Assessment of Quality-of-life Questionnaire-8 dimensions revealed a mean score of 0.75 \u00b1 0.16 which is not significantly different to the age- and sex-matched healthy control group with 0.81 \u00b1 0.02 (<i>p<\/i> = 0.3547). <b><i>Conclusion:<\/i><\/b> The Incus Vibroplasty utilizing both couplers is a safe and effective method to treat mild-to-severe SNHL. Both fixation methods of the floating mass transducer exhibit good clinical and audiological outcomes with high patient quality of life. 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