Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing hearing protection to a person, comprising: providing each of the person's ears with a hearing protection device (10, 12) in such a manner that an acoustic attenuation of at least 10 dB averaged over the audible frequency range is achieved; converting, by said hearing protection devices, ambient sound into input audio signals; assigning, by analyzing phases of said input audio signals, angular directions to said input signals; permanently determining noise directions (32, 42, 44, 46, 48) by searching, by analyzing levels of said input audio signals, over all angular directions around said person for angular directions having a noise source (30, 34, 36, 38, 40) from which noise impinges on said hearing protection devices, wherein an angular direction is judged to be a noise direction if input audio signals from that direction fulfil a predefined input sound level condition; processing, in order to produce processed audio signals, said input audio signals in such