Patent ID: 8325954

Claim:
A device for processing in a hearing aid, for processing input signals, relative to acoustic signals from a plurality of acoustic sources, the device comprising: a processing unit that: breaks the input signals into respective discrete signals for each source, assigns the respective discrete signals to respective spatial positions of the sources, and outputs the discrete signals relative to the spatial positions or outputs attenuated discrete signals relative to the spatial positions, such that the processing unit: outputs the discrete signals of first acoustic sources with spatial positions within a contiguous angular range, and outputs attenuated discrete signals of second acoustic sources with spatial positions outside the contiguous angular range, or outputs the discrete signals of first acoustic sources with spatial positions within two contiguous angular ranges, and outputs attenuated discrete signals of second acoustic sources with spatial positions outside the two contiguous angular ranges, wherein the processing unit comprises an assignment unit that assigns the input signals to a defined signal situation, and wherein the processing unit sets an angular range limit based on the assigned defined signal situation.