Patent ID: 8811641

Claim:
A hearing aid device, comprising: an input converter for receiving an input signal and converting the input signal into an electrical input signal; a signal processing unit for processing and frequency-dependent amplification of the electrical input signal and for generating an electrical output signal; an output converter for converting the electrical output signal into an output signal which can be perceived by a user as an acoustic output signal; a sound detector facility for identifying sounds in a speech signal going into the hearing aid device; means for briefly increasing an amplification above a normal amplification for at least one frequency range, in which an identified sound contains signal components; means for setting the normal amplification of the electrical input signal in dependence on a signal frequency, whereby: the amplification is restricted to a permanently possible, maximum amplification at least in a specific frequency range; the amplification being set such that the amplification exceeds the normal amplification or the permanently possible, maximum amplification at least essentially for a duration of the identified sound; and the amplification can be set such that the amplification exceeds the normal amplification or the permanently possible, maximum amplification at most for a duration which lies below a setting time of a feedback whistling.