Method and hearing assistive device for handling streamed audio, and an audio signal for use with the method and the hearing assistive device

A hearing assistive device having:

• an input transducer adapted for converting sound into an audio signal, a processor receiving said audio signal and configured to compensate a hearing loss of a user of the hearing assistive device and to output a compensated audio signal, and an output transducer adapted for converting the compensated audio signal into sound, and further comprising:
• a wireless transceiver enabling audio streaming from an external device to the hearing assistive device;
• a controllable attenuator associated with said processor adapted for applying attenuation to the compensated audio signal;
• an audio stream analyzer adapted for classifying the audio stream received via said wireless transceiver as utility audio or entertainment audio;
• and
• a sound dosimeter adapted for estimating sound exposure by the output of the output transducer accumulated over a period of time;
• wherein the attenuator is controlled in accordance to the audio stream classification from the audio stream analyzer and, when the estimated sound exposure exceeds a threshold, applies attenuation to the received audio stream when classified as entertainment audio.