A hearing device structured to be worn at or at least partly within an ear of a user of the hearing device comprising: - an input transducer structured and configured to receive an audio signal and to convert the received audio signal into an input audio signal; - an output limiter structured and configured to limit a signal level of a signal applied to an input of the output limiter to a maximum signal level and to provide a limited audio signal; - an output transducer structured and configured to convert a signal applied to an input of the output transducer into an output audio signal to be provided to the user; - an acoustic shock detector structured and configured to detect an acoustic shock event present in the input audio signal and to provide shock detection information related to the acoustic shock event; - an acoustic shock controller structured and configured to determine a first gain factor (G b) and a second gain factor (G p) in dependence of the shock detection information; - a first attenuator structured and configured to attenuate a first audio signal by the first gain factor (G b) and to provide a first attenuated audio signal; and - a second attenuator structured and configured to attenuate a second audio signal by the second gain factor (G p) and to provide a second attenuated audio signal, characterised in: - the hearing device further comprising an audio signal processor structured and configured to process the input audio signal and to provide a processed audio signal; - the processed audio signal being provided to the first attenuator as the first audio signal; - the first attenuated audio signal from the first attenuator being provided to the input of the output limiter; - the limited audio signal from the output limiter being provided as the second audio signal to the second attenuator; and - the second attenuated audio signal from the second attenuator being provided to the input of the output transducer. - an input transducer structured and configured to receive an audio signal and to convert the received audio signal into an input audio signal; - an output limiter structured and configured to limit a signal level of a signal applied to an input of the output limiter to a maximum signal level and to provide a limited audio signal; - an output transducer structured and configured to convert a signal applied to an input of the output transducer into an output audio signal to be provided to the user; - an acoustic shock detector structured and configured to detect an acoustic shock event present in the input audio signal and to provide shock detection information related to the acoustic shock event; - an acoustic shock controller structured and configured to determine a first gain factor (G b) and a second gain factor (G p) in dependence of the shock detection information; - a first attenuator structured and configured to attenuate a first audio signal by the first gain factor (G b) and to provide a first attenuated audio signal; and - a second attenuator structured and configured to attenuate a second audio signal by the second gain factor (G p) and to provide a second attenuated audio signal, - the hearing device further comprising an audio signal processor structured and configured to process the input audio signal and to provide a processed audio signal; - the processed audio signal being provided to the first attenuator as the first audio signal; - the first attenuated audio signal from the first attenuator being provided to the input of the output limiter; - the limited audio signal from the output limiter being provided as the second audio signal to the second attenuator; and - the second attenuated audio signal from the second attenuator being provided to the input of the output transducer.