A method for establishing a wireless short-range audio signal communication between a telephone handset and a hearing device system comprising at least one hearing device with a microphone unit, an output of said microphone unit being operationally connected to an input (E 15) of a speaker unit at said at least one hearing device, and comprising the steps of: - monitoring, by a distance detecting unit integrated in said at least one hearing device, when a mutual distance (d) of said at least one hearing device and said telephone handset becomes shorter than a predetermined distance threshold (d o); - establishing, by the at least one hearing device, said wireless short-range audio signal communication from said telephone handset to at least said at least one hearing device of said hearing device system, when said mutual distance (d) becomes shorter than said predetermined distance threshold (d o); and - attenuating an output signal of said microphone unit by means of a controlled attenuation unit located between said output (A 12) of said microphone unit and said input (E 15) to said speaker unit, wherein said wireless short-range audio signal communication is established by means of a first wireless short-range audio signal communication unit (23, 23') provided within said telephone handset and a second wireless short-range audio signal communication unit provided within said at least one hearing device, characterized by - said wireless short-range audio signal communication being based on Bluetooth technology, - said distance detecting unit being adapted to detect a signal (S(d)) which is dependent from the mutual distance (d) of said at least one hearing device to said telephone handset, and the step of - activating, by the hearing device, said second wireless short-range audio signal communication unit only when said mutual distance (d) becomes shorter than said predetermined distance threshold (d o). - monitoring, by a distance detecting unit integrated in said at least one hearing device, when a mutual distance (d) of said at least one hearing device and said telephone handset becomes shorter than a predetermined distance threshold (d o); - establishing, by the at least one hearing device, said wireless short-range audio signal communication from said telephone handset to at least said at least one hearing device of said hearing device system, when said mutual distance (d) becomes shorter than said predetermined distance threshold (d o); and - attenuating an output signal of said microphone unit by means of a controlled attenuation unit located between said output (A 12) of said microphone unit and said input (E 15) to said speaker unit, wherein said wireless short-range audio signal communication is established by means of a first wireless short-range audio signal communication unit (23, 23') provided within said telephone handset and a second wireless short-range audio signal communication unit provided within said at least one hearing device, - said wireless short-range audio signal communication being based on Bluetooth technology, - said distance detecting unit being adapted to detect a signal (S(d)) which is dependent from the mutual distance (d) of said at least one hearing device to said telephone handset, and the step of - activating, by the hearing device, said second wireless short-range audio signal communication unit only when said mutual distance (d) becomes shorter than said predetermined distance threshold (d o).