HEARING SYSTEM WITH A USER PREFERENCE CONTROL AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEARING SYSTEM

摘要

A method for operating a hearing system (1) comprising a user control (52) and a signal processing unit (30) controllable by adjustable parameters is described. It comprises a) providing (100) a first set of start-up parameter settings upon start-up (100) of said signal processor unit (30); b) using parameter settings comprised in or derived from said first set of start-up parameter settings as default parameter settings for said signal processing unit; d) upon operating said user control (52) : obtaining a set of parameter settings currently used in said signal processing unit (30); e) deriving (160) a second set of start-up parameter settings in dependence of said first set of start-up parameter settings and of said set of parameter settings obtained in step d); f) using said second set of start-up parameter settings as said first set of start-up parameter settings when carrying out step a) upon a following start-up (180) of said signal processor unit. This makes is possible for a user of the hearing system to adjust to his preferences the way audio signals are processed in his hearing system (1). Preferably, the hearing system (1) comprises a classifier (70), and step e) is carried out in dependence of the result of a classification of a current acoustic environment.