The invention relates to an otological device, for example, a hearing aid or a tinnitus masker, to be worn in the area of a listener's ear. The otological device is designed to be worn at least partially attached to the tragus of a listener's ear. The otological device comprises an holding device that forms a gripping element for partially encloseing a tragus of the ear and locking onto the tragus with a positive or non positive fit. The otological device is designed to fill only partially an auditory canal of the ear or additionally a concha of the ear so that the auditory. canal can be at least partially seen.