Patent ID: 8798296

Claim:
A method for operating a hearing device that is openly coupled to an ear of a hearing device user, the method comprising the steps of: determining a momentary acoustic situation by processing an input signal of the hearing device, selecting a hearing program out of at least two hearing programs in dependence on the determined momentary acoustic situation, at least one of the at least two hearing programs being suitable for calm acoustic situations, and at least another one of the at least two hearing programs being suitable for noisy acoustic situations, applying a gain only above a predefined frequency limit to the input signal of the hearing device if one of the at least one hearing program for calm acoustic situations is selected, and reducing noise in the input signal only in a frequency range within audible frequencies if one of the at least one hearing program for noisy acoustic situations is selected, providing a control element for the hearing device user, the control element being a user input device suitable to adjust at least one parameter of the selected hearing program, adjusting the gain in response to activating the control element if one of the at least one hearing program for calm acoustic situations is selected, and adjusting the frequency range in response to activating the control element if one of the at least one hearing program for noisy acoustic situations is selected, wherein said adjusting in response to activating the control element depends on the selected hearing program.