A hearing device comprising: at least one microphone for converting sound received by the at least one microphone into an audio signal, a sound impulse detector configured for operation in the frequency domain for detecting presence of an impulse in the audio signal, wherein the impulse is shorter than 10 milliseconds, and a signal processor configured for processing the audio signal into a processed audio signal in response to presence of the impulse in the audio signal as detected by the sound impulse detector, and a receiver connected to an output of the signal processor for converting the processed signal into an output sound signal for emission towards an eardrum of a user, a sound impulse suppressor configured for attenuating the impulse by gain adjustment in response to detection of the impulse by the sound impulse detector, wherein the sound impulse detector is configured for determining a signal level S 0 of the audio signal in a frequency band F i at a time t 0 and comparing the determined signal level S 0 with a signal level S -1 based on at least one previously determined signal level in the frequency band F i when determining presence of the impulse in the audio signal, and for determining presence of the impulse in the audio signal when the ratio between the signal level S 0 of the audio signal in a frequency band F i determined at time t 0 and the signal level S -1 based on at least one previously determined signal level in the frequency band F i is greater than a predetermined threshold Th i for a predetermined number N of frequency bands F i. at least one microphone for converting sound received by the at least one microphone into an audio signal, a sound impulse detector configured for operation in the frequency domain for detecting presence of an impulse in the audio signal, wherein the impulse is shorter than 10 milliseconds, and a signal processor configured for processing the audio signal into a processed audio signal in response to presence of the impulse in the audio signal as detected by the sound impulse detector, and a receiver connected to an output of the signal processor for converting the processed signal into an output sound signal for emission towards an eardrum of a user, a sound impulse suppressor configured for attenuating the impulse by gain adjustment in response to detection of the impulse by the sound impulse detector, wherein the sound impulse detector is configured for determining a signal level S 0 of the audio signal in a frequency band F i at a time t 0 and comparing the determined signal level S 0 with a signal level S -1 based on at least one previously determined signal level in the frequency band F i when determining presence of the impulse in the audio signal, and for determining presence of the impulse in the audio signal when the ratio between the signal level S 0 of the audio signal in a frequency band F i determined at time t 0 and the signal level S -1 based on at least one previously determined signal level in the frequency band F i is greater than a predetermined threshold Th i for a predetermined number N of frequency bands F i. determining a signal level S 0 of the audio signal in a frequency band F i at a time t 0 and comparing the determined signal level S 0 with a signal level S -1 based on at least one previously determined signal level in the frequency band F i when determining presence of the impulse in the audio signal, and for determining presence of the impulse in the audio signal when the ratio between the signal level S 0 of the audio signal in a frequency band F i determined at time t 0 and the signal level S -1 based on at least one previously determined signal level in the frequency band F i is greater than a predetermined threshold Th i for a predetermined number N of frequency bands F i.