Hearing device with user control

Method of operating a hearing device with a battery door for covering an energy supply member within said hearing device during normal operation of the hearing device and for allowing access to said energy supply member, said method comprising the steps of:

• using at least two electrical contacts being components of a connector of said hearing device, wherein said connector is adapted for receiving a plug, the same electrical contacts of said connector are used as electrical contacts for operating a user control of said hearing device;
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• establishing or interrupting an electrical connection between the two electrical contacts of said connector by closing a battery door comprising a covering member comprising a pivot joint, covering the connector, and operating said user control comprising an elastic member which is compressed when said user control is operated, wherein said user control is comprised in the covering member that covers the connector during operation of the hearing device, wherein said operating said user control comprises rotating the covering member about the pivot joint and compressing the elastic member, and wherein the connector is covered when the battery door is closed and uncovered such that the plug may be connected to the connector when the battery door is open.