There is provided a system for neural hearing stimulation, comprising an external sub-system (10) and an implantable sub-system (12), the external sub-system comprising a microphone arrangement (20) for capturing an input audio signal, a sound processor unit (24) for generating a processed signal from the input audio signal and for controlling the external subsystem, and an external coil (28) for establishing a transcutaneous link (30) for transmitting the processed signal to the implantable sub-system； the implantable sub-system comprising an implantable coil (15) for receiving the processed signal, a unit (14) for generating a neural stimulation signal from the processed signal, and a unit (16, 18, 19) for neural stimulation of the patient's hearing according to the neural stimulation signal, wherein the external sub-system comprises a pair of eyeglasses (70) which includes a user interface (82) for manual user control of the sound processor unit and a battery (84), and wherein at least one microphone (20A, 20B, 20C) of the microphone arrangement is located at the front-side of the frame (72) of the glasses, the sound processor unit is located in at least one of the arms (76, 78) of the glasses, and the external coil is located in one of the arms of the glasses.
