A method for determining hearing device features which are useful to an individual user of a hearing device, the method comprising: receiving an input sound signal; automatically classifying the input sound signal according to N sound classes and/or signal types, thereby associating the input sound signal with one of the N sound classes or signal types; logging a usage quantity for said one of the N sound classes or signal types; determining for each of the N sound classes or signal types an overall usage quantity from the logged usage quantities of each of the N sound classes or signal types; determining sound classes or signal types of the N sound classes or signal types having an overall usage quantity exceeding a minimum overall usage quantity as being relevant sound classes or signal types for the user; determining for each relevant sound class or signal type a useful hearing device feature, such as a hearing program, configured to process the input sound signal associated with the relevant sound class or signal type; and providing information with respect to the useful hearing device features; characterized in that the method further comprises: providing P1 hearing programs in the hearing device, wherein P1 ≥ 2; associating each one of the P1 hearing programs with one of the N sound classes and/or signal types, wherein N > P1; determining whether one of the P1 hearing programs is associated with the one of the sound classes and/or signal types associated with the input sound signal; activating said one of the P1 hearing programs; and determining a coverage score dependent on whether a one of the P1 hearing programs was associated with the classified sound class and/or signal type or whether none of the P1 hearing programs was associated with the classified sound class and/or signal type. receiving an input sound signal; automatically classifying the input sound signal according to N sound classes and/or signal types, thereby associating the input sound signal with one of the N sound classes or signal types; logging a usage quantity for said one of the N sound classes or signal types; determining for each of the N sound classes or signal types an overall usage quantity from the logged usage quantities of each of the N sound classes or signal types; determining sound classes or signal types of the N sound classes or signal types having an overall usage quantity exceeding a minimum overall usage quantity as being relevant sound classes or signal types for the user; determining for each relevant sound class or signal type a useful hearing device feature, such as a hearing program, configured to process the input sound signal associated with the relevant sound class or signal type; and providing information with respect to the useful hearing device features; characterized in that the method further comprises: providing P1 hearing programs in the hearing device, wherein P1 ≥ 2; associating each one of the P1 hearing programs with one of the N sound classes and/or signal types, wherein N > P1; determining whether one of the P1 hearing programs is associated with the one of the sound classes and/or signal types associated with the input sound signal; activating said one of the P1 hearing programs; and determining a coverage score dependent on whether a one of the P1 hearing programs was associated with the classified sound class and/or signal type or whether none of the P1 hearing programs was associated with the classified sound class and/or signal type. providing P1 hearing programs in the hearing device, wherein P1 ≥ 2; associating each one of the P1 hearing programs with one of the N sound classes and/or signal types, wherein N > P1; determining whether one of the P1 hearing programs is associated with the one of the sound classes and/or signal types associated with the input sound signal; activating said one of the P1 hearing programs; and determining a coverage score dependent on whether a one of the P1 hearing programs was associated with the classified sound class and/or signal type or whether none of the P1 hearing programs was associated with the classified sound class and/or signal type. determining whether one of the P1 hearing programs is associated with the one of the sound classes and/or signal types associated with the input sound signal; activating said one of the P1 hearing programs; and determining a coverage score dependent on whether a one of the P1 hearing programs was associated with the classified sound class and/or signal type or whether none of the P1 hearing programs was associated with the classified sound class and/or signal type.