Patent ID: 8737652

Claim:
A method of operating a hearing device with selectively adjusted signal weighing values, comprising: generating electric acoustic signals by the hearing device from a recorded ambient sound; selecting an acoustic signal class from a plurality of user-selectable acoustic signal classes; determining a respective degree of matching of the electric acoustic signals relative to the selected acoustic signal class; weighting the electric acoustic signals according to a respective degree of matching of the electric acoustic signals relative to the selected acoustic signal class; and mixing in an adder the weighted electric acoustic signals together to supply in an output port of the adder one additively mixed output signal, which forms an output sound signal, wherein respective weights of the electric acoustic signals are selectively adjusted so that a relatively higher weighing value is assigned to a respective electric acoustic signal having a relatively higher degree of matching relatively to the selected acoustic signal class and a relatively lower weighing value is assigned to a respective electric acoustic signal having a relatively lower degree of matching relatively to the selected acoustic signal class.