Method for operating a hearing device and a hearing device

Abstract

The present invention proposes a method for operating a hearing device capable of receiving a plurality of input signals (i, . . . , i). The method comprises the steps of extracting source identification information embedded in one or more of the input signals (i, . . . , i), wherein the source identification information identifies a signal source (S, . . . , S) from which a particular input signal (i, . . . , i) originates, and/or extracting audio type information embedded in one or more of the input signals (i, . . . , i), wherein the audio type information provides an indication of the type of audio content present in a particular input signal (i, . . . , i), selecting from the plurality of input signals (i, . . . , i) one or more selected signals to be processed (u, . . . , u), processing the selected signals (u, . . . , u), and generating an output signal (o) of the hearing device by said processing of the selected signals (u, . . . , u). Thereby, the step of selecting is at least partly dependent on the extracted source identification information and/or the extracted audio type information, and/or wherein the step of processing is at least partly dependent on the extracted source identification information and/or the extracted audio type information. A corresponding hearing device is also disclosed.