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The hearing device comprises a connector (2) having at least one electrical contact (6); anda user control (8); wherein said user control (8) comprises said at least one electrical contact (6). Typically, said connector is a connector for providing a communication connection to said hearing device.

The hearing device comprises a connector (2) having at least one electrical contact (6); anda user control (8); wherein said user control (8) comprises said at least one electrical contact (6). Typically, said connector is a connector for providing a communication connection to said hearing device. The user control can be a pushbutton switch. In one embodiment, said connector comprises at least two electrical contacts (6), and said user control comprises a shorting member (12) for shorting said at least two electrical contacts when operated. In one embodiment, said user control comprises an elastic member (14), which is deformed when said user control is operated, for resetting said user control into its original position. Through this, a small-size hearing device can be realized. The method of operating a hearing device comprises the step of using at least one electrical contact (6) of a connector (2) of said hearing device as a part of a user control (8) of said hearing device.

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1. Hearing device comprising: 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 battery door comprising a covering member comprising a pivot joint;a connector adapted

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Hearing device comprising: 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 battery door comprising a covering member comprising a pivot joint;a connector adapted for receiving a plug;a user control comprising an elastic member which is compressed when said user control is operated, wherein the user control is comprised in the covering member that covers the connector during operation of the hearing device and the covering member rotates about the pivot joint when the user control is operated and the elastic member is compressed; andat least two electrical contacts,wherein said electrical contacts are components of said connector and the same electrical contacts of said connector are used as electrical contacts for operating said user control, andwherein 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. 2. The hearing device according to claim 1, wherein said connector is a connector for providing a communication connection to said hearing device. 3. The hearing device according to claim 1, wherein said connector comprises a socket. 4. The hearing device according to claim 1, wherein said user control is integrated in the hearing device during normal operation of the hearing device. 5. The hearing device according to claim 1, wherein said user control comprises a switch. 6. The hearing device according to claim 5, wherein said switch is a pushbutton. 7. The hearing device according to claim 1, wherein said user control comprises a shorting member for shorting said at least two electrical contacts when operated. 8. The hearing device according to claim 1, wherein said elastic member is deformed when said user control is operated for resetting said user control into its original position. 9. The hearing device according to claim 8, wherein said elastic member comprises a body substantially made of an elastomer. 10. The hearing device according to claim 8, wherein said elastic member forms a seal sealing said connector during normal operation of the hearing device. 11. The hearing device according to claim 1, wherein said hearing device comprises a housing comprising said covering member to which a portion of said user control is attached and said covering member is pivoted when said user control is operated. 12. 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; andestablishing 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. 13. The method according to claim 12, wherein said user control is integrated in the hearing device during normal operation of the hearing device. 14. The method according to claim 12, comprising the steps of: establishing an electrical connection between at least two electrical contacts of said connector by operating said user control, which operating causes a shorting member of said user control to electrically contact said at least two electrical contacts; anddetecting said establishment of said electrical connection. 15. The method according to claim 14, wherein said user control comprises a pushbutton, and wherein said operating said user control comprises pushing said pushbutton. 16. The hearing device according to claim 1, wherein said covering member is connected to a housing of the hearing device to form a part of the housing. 17. The hearing device according to claim 1, wherein said at least two electrical contacts are connected for reading data from the hearing device or for loading data into the hearing device. 18. A system for operating a hearing device comprising: a battery door for covering an energy supply member within said hearing device during operation of the hearing device and for allowing access to said energy supply member, said battery door comprising a covering member comprising a pivot joint;a connector adapted for receiving a plug;a user control comprising an elastic member which is compressed when said user control is operated, wherein the user control is comprised in the covering member that covers the connector during operation of the hearing device and the covering member rotates about the pivot joint when the user control is operated and the elastic member is compressed;at least two electrical contacts; andhearing device circuitry connected to said at least two electrical contacts for reading data from the hearing device or for loading data into the hearing devicewherein said electrical contacts are components of said connector and the same electrical contacts of said connector are used as electrical contacts for operating said user control, andwherein 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.