Hearing system and method for generating monaural or binaural beats

A monaural or binaural hearing system for generating monaural or binaural beats, the hearing system comprising:

• at least one hearing device having a main signal path, said main signal path containing an input transducer for generating an electrical input signal from an input signal or from an acoustic input signal, said main signal path containing a signal processing unit for processing the electrical input signal and for generating an electrical output signal, and said main signal path containing an output transducer generating an acoustic output signal based on the electrical output signal;
• said at least one hearing device having an auxiliary signal path, said auxiliary signal path containing a signal generator for generating a first beat signal, the first beat signal being frequency-shifted relative to a further signal by a beat frequency, producing an effect of a monaural or binaural beat for a user during operation;
• said at least one hearing device having a summator adding at least the first beat signal onto a signal in said main signal path;
• and
• said signal generator being connected to said main signal path and configured to cause the first beat signal to have, at least in certain operating modes of the hearing device, at least one signal component being generated based on the electrical input signal and denoted as an ambient signal.