Patent ID: 8682013

Claim:
A hearing device comprising an input transducer arranged to receive an acoustic signal from an individual's surroundings and adapted to provide a corresponding electric input signal, an amplifier adapted to amplify the electric input signal, a first gain controller adapted to control a gain of the amplifier in dependence on the electric input signal, a digitizer adapted to digitize the amplified signal, a signal processor adapted to process the digitized signal and an output transducer adapted to provide an audible signal to the individual in dependence on the processed signal, the input transducer, the amplifier and the digitizer forming a first input path, the first gain controller being adapted to reduce clipping by providing temporary first gain reductions of the amplifier gain with a first duration, characterized in that the hearing device further comprises a second gain controller adapted to reduce occurrences of the first gain reductions by providing temporary second gain reductions of the amplifier gain with a second duration substantially larger than the first duration.