Patent ID: 7813520

Claim:
A method for supplying audio signals to a user wearing a hearing device at or in an ear, said hearing device comprising a sound attenuation portion for attenuating ambient sound before reaching an ear drum of said user, the method comprising: producing an audio signal at a controlled level by audio signal producing means; providing sound corresponding to said audio signal produced by said audio signal producing means to an ear canal of said user by a loudspeaker which is included in said attenuation portion and which is oriented towards said user's ear canal; capturing audio signals by a microphone, which is included in said attenuation portion and which is oriented towards said user's ear canal, from said sound provided by said loudspeaker to said user's ear canal; wherein a level of said audio signal produced by said audio signal producing means is controlled according to said audio signals captured by said microphone, and wherein an automatic, closed loop, volume control is performed by which said level of said audio signals produced by said audio signal producing means is limited in such a manner that a predetermined upper limit of said level of said audio signals captured by said microphone is not exceeded.