A listening device for a hearing impaired person being subjected to a tinnitus at a tinnitus frequency range comprising a tinnitus frequency, the listening device comprising an input transducer configured to provide an electric input signal; characterised that it further comprises a detector coupled to the input transducer and comprises a classifier for determining whether the electrical input signal is a broadband signal or not and to provide a detection signal in response, wherein the classifier is configured to classify the electric input signal in one of a plurality of classes comprising at least: broadband music, broadband noise, such as car noise or other environmental noise, non-broadband own voice and non-broadband speech; and a controllable filter for filtering the electric input signal that is coupled to the detector and to the input transducer, the controllable filter being configured to perform filtering in the tinnitus frequency range and output a filtered electric input signal such that a component of the electric input signal in the tinnitus frequency range is dampened, if the detection signal indicates that the electrical input signal is a broadband signal, where the broadband signal is a signal having a bandwidth larger than the bandwidth of the component of the electric input signal that is dampened, and to output an unfiltered electric input signal such that a component of the electrical input signal in the tinnitus frequency range is not dampened, if the detection signal indicates that the electrical input signal is a non-broadband signal. an input transducer configured to provide an electric input signal; characterised that it further comprises a detector coupled to the input transducer and comprises a classifier for determining whether the electrical input signal is a broadband signal or not and to provide a detection signal in response, wherein the classifier is configured to classify the electric input signal in one of a plurality of classes comprising at least: broadband music, broadband noise, such as car noise or other environmental noise, non-broadband own voice and non-broadband speech; and a controllable filter for filtering the electric input signal that is coupled to the detector and to the input transducer, the controllable filter being configured to perform filtering in the tinnitus frequency range and output a filtered electric input signal such that a component of the electric input signal in the tinnitus frequency range is dampened, if the detection signal indicates that the electrical input signal is a broadband signal, where the broadband signal is a signal having a bandwidth larger than the bandwidth of the component of the electric input signal that is dampened, and to output an unfiltered electric input signal such that a component of the electrical input signal in the tinnitus frequency range is not dampened, if the detection signal indicates that the electrical input signal is a non-broadband signal. to perform filtering in the tinnitus frequency range and output a filtered electric input signal such that a component of the electric input signal in the tinnitus frequency range is dampened, if the detection signal indicates that the electrical input signal is a broadband signal, where the broadband signal is a signal having a bandwidth larger than the bandwidth of the component of the electric input signal that is dampened, and to output an unfiltered electric input signal such that a component of the electrical input signal in the tinnitus frequency range is not dampened, if the detection signal indicates that the electrical input signal is a non-broadband signal.