Patent ID: 8600088

Claim:
A hearing device, comprising: a microphone for converting an acoustic input signal to an electric input signal, an output transducer for converting a processed electric output signal to an acoustic output signal, an electric signal path extending between the microphone and the output transducer, a transceiver for establishing a data communications link to another hearing device, a sensing unit for detecting whether a telephone handset is placed close to the hearing device, and a control unit for controlling at least the output transducer, the acoustic output signal, and the transceiver in at least a first control mode and a second control mode, wherein in the first control mode, the control unit is configured to control the output transducer to output the acoustic output signal originating from the microphone, and in the second control mode, Tx-mode, when the telephone handset is detected by the sensing unit, the control unit is configured to control the output transducer to inhibit or attenuate the acoustic output signal that is output by the output transducer and further configured to control the transceiver to transmit an electric signal originating from the microphone and tapped from the signal path to the other hearing device via the data communications link.