Hearing device with foveated bearforming and related method

A hearing device for a binaural hearing system, the hearing device comprising:

• a set of microphones comprising a first behind-the-ear (BTE) microphone for provision of a first BTE microphone input signal, and a second BTE microphone for provision of a second BTE microphone input signal;
• a first beamformer configured to provide a directional input signal based on the first BTE microphone input signal and the second BTE microphone input signal;
• a processing unit configured to provide an electrical output signal based on the directional input signal;
• a receiver configured to provide an audio output signal based on the electrical output signal;
• and
• a first microphone-in-ear (MIE) microphone configured to provide a first MIE microphone input signal, wherein first beamformer coefficients of the first beamformer are adapted to maintain a difference of the first MIE microphone input signal and a contralateral first MIE microphone input signal of a contralateral hearing device, wherein the difference is an intra-time-difference or an intra-level-difference.

The method of configuring a hearing device, the method comprising:

• obtaining a first behind-the-ear (BTE) microphone input signal;
• obtaining a second BTE microphone input signal;
• determining first beamformer coefficients of a first beamformer based on a cost function, the cost function comprising a first cost component associated with a first angular range;
• and
• applying the first beamformer coefficients to the first beamformer of the hearing device;
• wherein the first beamformer is configured to maintain spatial cues in a first angular range and to suppress noise in a second angular range, wherein the first angular range is anywhere between-60 degrees and 60 degrees, with 0 degree being a look or front direction.