Provided is a method for hearing performance assessment of a user wearing a hearing system (10) comprising at least one hearing aid. Said method comprises the steps of picking up (12; 12′;, 12″;) sound from the environment thus providing a signal, processing (16; 16′;, 16″;) the signal thus obtaining a processed signal, and presenting (14; 14′;, 14″;) the processed signal to the user by a speaker of the bearing aid. Said processing comprises applying at least one type of modulation to the signal.