Patent ID: 8611569

Claim:
A method for operating a hearing aid device comprising a signal processing unit controllable by adjustable parameters, a user control for adjusting the parameter settings of the signal processing unit to preferences of a user of the hearing aid device, and a user control referred to below as a user preference control for allowing the user to indicate to the hearing aid device that the user is content with parameter settings currently used, said method comprising the steps of a) providing a first set of start-up parameter settings upon start-up of said signal processor unit; 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; c) using input received from the user via the user control to make adjustments to the default parameter settings; and upon operating said user preference control: d) obtaining a set of parameter settings currently used in said signal processing unit, said set of parameter settings currently used correspond to the default parameter settings changed by adjustments, carried out by the user via operation of the user control, to a plurality of individual parameters while the user perceives sound in a current acoustic environment in which the user is located; e) deriving a second set of start-up parameter settings in dependence of said first set of start-up parameter settings and of said set of currently used parameter settings obtained in step d); and 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 of said signal processor unit, wherein at least one of said second set of start-up parameter settings is not used as said first set of start-up parameter settings before another start-up of said signal processor unit occurred; and in step b), said parameter settings comprised in or derived from said first set of start-up parameter settings are used as default parameter settings for said signal processing unit until the next shut-down of said signal processor unit.