Patent ID: 8433086

Claim:
A hearing apparatus with noise reduction, comprising: a signal processing unit that processes an input signal of the hearing apparatus into an output signal, wherein the output signal therefrom is divided into two channels comprising a first signal processing channel having a first signal thereon and a second signal processing channel having a second signal thereon, wherein any noise signal originally contained in the input signal is also contained in the first and second signals; a noise reduction unit into which the first signal is fed providing interference noise reduction to the first signal resulting in an output signal from the noise reduction unit having reduced noise as compared to the first signal; a level limitation unit into which the second signal is fed that limits an output level of the second signal to a predetermined degree resulting in an output signal from the level limitation unit having a limited level compared to the second signal; an adding unit that adds the output signal of the noise reduction unit with the output signal of the level limitation unit to form an overall output signal, such that the noise signal originally contained in the input signal that was also contained in the second signal is still contained in part as a quiet noise in the overall output signal, but has at least a reduced level from the level limitation unit that limits the output level of the second signal; and outputting the overall output signal such that the overall output signal still comprises the quiet noise from the level limitation unit to provide a more natural acoustic pattern.