A method for operating a hearing device adapted for being worn at least partially within an ear canal of a user, the hearing device comprising an ambient microphone , a signal processing unit , a sound classification unit , an ear canal microphone , a filtering unit and an electrical-to-acoustical converter , the method comprising the steps of: - picking up ambient sound at an input of the ambient microphone which provides an audio signal representing the ambient sound; - determining a current listening situation with the help of the sound classification unit ; - processing the audio signal in the signal processing unit according to a hearing program selected, either manually by the user or automatically by the hearing device based on the determined current listening situation, from a plurality of hearing programs, and providing a processed audio signal; - picking up an ear canal internal sound at an input of the ear canal microphone which outputs an ear canal signal representative of the ear canal internal sound; - filtering the ear canal signal with the filtering unit configured to reduce a perceived level of body sounds produced by the user according to settings or parameters of the filtering unit associated with the selected hearing program, the filtering unit providing a filtered ear canal signal; - combining the processed audio signal and the filtered ear canal signal to provide a combined signal; - providing the combined signal to an input of the electrical-to-acoustical converter which outputs sound into the ear canal; - changing at least one setting or parameter of the filtering unit in dependence of a control signal, wherein the control signal is initiated by the user, characterised in that the change of the at least one setting or parameter of the filtering unit is limited to a range based on the selected hearing program, and the change of the at least one setting or parameter of the filtering unit is dependent on a number of times the control signal has been initiated. - picking up ambient sound at an input of the ambient microphone which provides an audio signal representing the ambient sound; - determining a current listening situation with the help of the sound classification unit ; - processing the audio signal in the signal processing unit according to a hearing program selected, either manually by the user or automatically by the hearing device based on the determined current listening situation, from a plurality of hearing programs, and providing a processed audio signal; - picking up an ear canal internal sound at an input of the ear canal microphone which outputs an ear canal signal representative of the ear canal internal sound; - filtering the ear canal signal with the filtering unit configured to reduce a perceived level of body sounds produced by the user according to settings or parameters of the filtering unit associated with the selected hearing program, the filtering unit providing a filtered ear canal signal; - combining the processed audio signal and the filtered ear canal signal to provide a combined signal; - providing the combined signal to an input of the electrical-to-acoustical converter which outputs sound into the ear canal; - changing at least one setting or parameter of the filtering unit in dependence of a control signal, wherein the control signal is initiated by the user, characterised in that the change of the at least one setting or parameter of the filtering unit is limited to a range based on the selected hearing program, and the change of the at least one setting or parameter of the filtering unit is dependent on a number of times the control signal has been initiated. <EOS>