Hearing assistive device comprising an attachment element

A hearing assistive device comprising:

• a multi-microphone system for providing a processed input signal, the multi-microphone system comprising:
• a multitude of microphones for picking up sound from an environment of the hearing assistive device, each of said multitude of microphones providing an electric input signal representing said sound;
• a beamformer filter configured to receive said electric input signals, or signals originating therefrom, and to provide a spatially filtered signal in dependence of said electric input signals and fixed or adaptively determined beamformer weights;
• an attachment element configured to fix the hearing assistive device to the body or clothes of a person, the attachment element being configured to be in different first, open and second, closed states;
• and
• wherein the multi-microphone system is configurable to operate in at least two modes in dependence of a mode control signal, said at least two modes comprising:
• a) a directional mode wherein said multi-microphone system is configured to provide said processed input signal as a directional signal,
• b) an omni-directional mode wherein said multi-microphone system is configured to provide said processed input signal as a omni-directional signal;
• and
• wherein the attachment element is configured to provide an electric signal indicative of a current state of the attachment element;
• and
• wherein the hearing assistive device further comprises:
• a mode controller for providing said mode control signal in dependence of said electric signal indicative of the current state of the attachment element;
• wherein the attachment element in said first, open, state is configured to be attached to clothing or other body-worn items, and to enter said directional mode;
• and
• wherein the attachment element in said second, closed, state is configured to be un-attached to clothing or other body-worn items, and to enter said omni-directional mode.