Patent ID: 8503706

Claim:
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 at least one of said N electrical contacts ( 6 ) is configured to be used for transmitting information in electrical form to or from said hearing device ( 1 ) when said battery door ( 20 ) is open and a plug ( 4 ) is connected to said connector ( 2 ), and wherein said at least one of said electrical contacts ( 6 ) is configured to be used in the operation of said user control ( 8 ) when said battery door ( 20 ) is closed.