Hearing device with user control

A hearing device (1) comprising

• a battery door (20);
• a connector (2) having N≧1 electrical contacts (6);
• and
• a user control (8);
• wherein said user control (8) comprising:
• a) an elastic actuation member (14);
• and operationally connected thereto
• b) a contact changing member (12), which can be different from or identical with said elastic actuation member (14);
• and operationally connected thereto
• c) at least one of said N electrical contacts (6);
• wherein at least a portion of said elastic actuation member (14) forms at least a portion of said battery door (20), wherein said battery door (20) has an opening, said elastic actuation member (14) having a waist (14a) and being attached to said battery door (20), said waist (14a) located within said opening.

A hearing device (1) comprising

• a battery door (20);
• a connector (2) having N≧1 electrical contacts (6);
• and
• a user control (8);
• wherein said user control (8) comprising:
• a) an elastic actuation member (14);
• and operationally connected thereto
• b) a contact changing member (12), which can be different from or identical with said elastic actuation member (14);
• and operationally connected thereto
• c) at least one of said N electrical contacts (6);
• wherein at least a portion of said elastic actuation member (14) forms at least a portion of said battery door (20), wherein said contact changing member (12) is a piece of metal generally extending along an axis (A), said axis (A) being substantially identical with an axis along which said contact changing member (12) is moved when said user control (8) is operated, and wherein said contact changing member (12) has an acting end (12a) and, at the contact changing member's opposite end, a fixing end (12b), said acting end being arranged—along said axis (A)—below said fixing end and closer to said at least one electrical contact (6).

A method of operating a hearing device (1) comprising a battery door (20), a connector (2) with N≧1 electrical contacts (6), and a user control (8), said method comprising the step of

• using at least one of said N electrical contacts (6) of said connector (2) as a part of said user control (8);
• said user control (8) comprising:
• a) an elastic actuation member (14);
• and operationally connected thereto
• b) a contact changing member (12), which can be different from or identical with said elastic actuation member (14);
• and operationally connected thereto
• c) said at least one electrical contact (6);
• wherein at least a portion of said elastic actuation member (14) forms at least a portion of said battery door (20)
• when said battery door (20) is open and a plug (4) is connected to said connector (2):
• transmitting information in electrical form to or from said hearing device (1) via said at least one electrical contact (6) and said plug (4);
• and
• when said battery door (20) is closed:
• using said at least one electrical contact (6) in the operation of said user control (8).

Use of at least one of N≧1 electrical contacts (6) of a connector (2) of a hearing device (1) as at least one electrical contact (6) of a user control (8) of said hearing device (1), wherein said hearing device (1) comprises a battery door (20), and wherein said user control (8) consists of

• a) an elastic actuation member (14);
• and operationally connected thereto
• b) a contact changing member (12), which can be different from or identical with said elastic actuation member (14);
• and operationally connected thereto
• c) said at least one electrical contact (6);
• wherein at least a portion of said elastic actuation member (14) forms at least a portion of said battery door (20).