Patent ID: 7123732

Claim:
A method to adapt a signal amplification in a hearing device, in which with the aid of an electro-acoustic converter an input signal is generated for a signal processing unit, and in which hearing device an output signal is generated by applying the signal amplification, the method comprises the steps of determining a reference level of the input signal by using statistical calculation methods, determining a minimum input signal level by subtracting a predefined difference value from the reference level of the input signal, applying an amplification function to the input signal with a signal level which lies below the minimum input signal level, the amplification function being different from the one applied above the minimum input signal level, using the reference level of the input signal to determine an operating point of a given signal amplification course, a first time constant being used to determine the reference level, and superimposing on the predetermined signal amplification course in a determined operating point a signal amplification course, which will be followed based on a second time constant, the first time constant being greater than the second time constant.