An in-the-ear hearing device comprising a hearing device shell comprising a microphone configured to receive an audio signal, a signal processor configured to process the audio signal for compensating a hearing loss of a user, a wireless communication unit, the wireless communications unit being connected to the signal processor, and a feeding network, the hearing device further comprising: a faceplate positioned at the hearing device shell, and an antenna for emission and reception of an electromagnetic field and being interconnected with the wireless communications unit, the antenna having a first end being fed from the feeding network, wherein the antenna extends through the faceplate at a first position of the faceplate; wherein at least a part of the antenna extending from the faceplate is arch-shaped and wherein a second end of the antenna is interconnected to the faceplate at a second position of the faceplate, wherein the faceplate comprising the first position and the second position has an orientation so that the first position is located towards a front end, the front end being closer to the tragus of an ear of a user when the hearing device is positioned at the operational position in the ear of the user, than a back end of the faceplate, wherein the first end of the antenna is located closer to the tragus of the ear of the user than the second end of the antenna when the hearing device is positioned at the operational position in the ear of a user and wherein the second end of the antenna is an electrically open end, or wherein the second end of the antenna is interconnected to a ground potential. a hearing device shell comprising a microphone configured to receive an audio signal, a signal processor configured to process the audio signal for compensating a hearing loss of a user, a wireless communication unit, the wireless communications unit being connected to the signal processor, and a feeding network, a microphone configured to receive an audio signal, a signal processor configured to process the audio signal for compensating a hearing loss of a user, a wireless communication unit, the wireless communications unit being connected to the signal processor, and a feeding network, the hearing device further comprising: a faceplate positioned at the hearing device shell, and an antenna for emission and reception of an electromagnetic field and being interconnected with the wireless communications unit, the antenna having a first end being fed from the feeding network, wherein the antenna extends through the faceplate at a first position of the faceplate; wherein at least a part of the antenna extending from the faceplate is arch-shaped and wherein a second end of the antenna is interconnected to the faceplate at a second position of the faceplate, wherein the faceplate comprising the first position and the second position has an orientation so that the first position is located towards a front end, the front end being closer to the tragus of an ear of a user when the hearing device is positioned at the operational position in the ear of the user, than a back end of the faceplate, wherein the first end of the antenna is located closer to the tragus of the ear of the user than the second end of the antenna when the hearing device is positioned at the operational position in the ear of a user and wherein the second end of the antenna is an electrically open end, or wherein the second end of the antenna is interconnected to a ground potential. a faceplate positioned at the hearing device shell, and an antenna for emission and reception of an electromagnetic field and being interconnected with the wireless communications unit, the antenna having a first end being fed from the feeding network, wherein the antenna extends through the faceplate at a first position of the faceplate; wherein at least a part of the antenna extending from the faceplate is arch-shaped and wherein a second end of the antenna is interconnected to the faceplate at a second position of the faceplate, wherein the faceplate comprising the first position and the second position has an orientation so that the first position is located towards a front end, the front end being closer to the tragus of an ear of a user when the hearing device is positioned at the operational position in the ear of the user, than a back end of the faceplate, wherein the first end of the antenna is located closer to the tragus of the ear of the user than the second end of the antenna when the hearing device is positioned at the operational position in the ear of a user and wherein the second end of the antenna is an electrically open end, or wherein the second end of the antenna is interconnected to a ground potential.