ATBECHDEDKESFRGBGRITLILUNLSEMCPTIESILTLVFIROMKCYALTRBGCZEE....SK................JDIM360 Ver 2.12 (05 Jun 2008) - 1620000/01304905EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONA320080813EP02079246.120021009enenen20010150420011012DK2008081320083320030423200317H04R 25/00 20060101AFI20030227BHEP deHörgerät und Verfahren zum Betrieb eines HörgerätenA hearing aid and a method of operating a hearing aidfrProthèse auditive et procédé de commande d'une prothèse auditive1BGN Resound A/S04235400P10337 EP/P1020Maarkaervej 2A2630 TaastrupDKFinn, Thoger MollerLidervej 158680 RyDKJohansen, Marianne00080853Albihns A/S Havneholmen 29 Building 2, 3. floor1561 Copenhagen VDKATBEBGCHCYCZDEDKEEESFIFRGBGRIEITLILUMCNLPTSESKTRALLTLVMKROSI20080813200833

A hearing aid comprising a housing with a connector enabling an external device to be connected thereto. The connector includes a set of closely spaced electrical terminals operatively connected to one or more internal hearing aid components. The hearing aid also comprises detecting means adapted for determining whether an external device is connected or unconnected to the hearing aid, and the hearing aid is adapted for keeping the set of closely spaced electrical terminals at a substantially equal electrical potential during at least a part of the time periods wherein an external device is unconnected.

The invention also relates to a hearing aid implemented method of operating a hearing aid and a program comprising code adapted for operating a hearing aid.