A method for adapting hearing aids to the individual requirements of a hard-of-hearing patient in situations which are close to reality, wherein an example of a sound and a scene corresponding to said example of a sound are optically indicated to a patient such that the visual impression thereof is also taken into account in order to judge the acoustic result. A suitable device therefor comprises an enclosed area with room for a specialist to carry out the adaptation and room for a patient, a monitor being provided in both places, in addition to a computer which is used by the specialist to carry out said adaptation and which provides the monitors with video sequences.