Patent ID: 8873780

Claim:
A method for operating a hearing system ( 1 ) comprising a hearing device ( 10 ), said hearing system ( 1 ) comprising a first ( 18 ) and a second memory unit ( 19 ), an input converter ( 11 ), a signal processor ( 12 ) controllable by sound processing parameters for processing audio signals obtained from said input converter ( 11 ), a user interface ( 5 ) comprising a reset user control ( 4 ) and one or more programming user controls, and a programming unit ( 3 ), wherein said signal processor ( 12 ) is controlled by settings of sound processing parameters available in said first memory unit ( 18 ), referred to as current settings, and wherein said programming unit ( 3 ) is structured and configured for adjusting said current settings as requested by operations of at least one of said one or more programming user controls, and wherein said first memory unit ( 18 ) comprises said current settings, and said second memory unit ( 19 ) comprises settings of sound processing parameters formerly available for controlling said signal processor ( 12 ), referred to as former settings, said method comprising the step of a) replacing said current settings in said first memory unit ( 18 ) by said former settings upon operation of said reset user control ( 4 ); and one of the steps of b1) automatically replacing said former settings in said second memory unit ( 19 ) by new former settings upon receiving a request for adjusting at least one setting of said current settings from an operation of at least one of said one or more programming user controls, provided that no adjustment to said current settings as requested by an operation of at least one of said one or more programming user controls has been carried out for at least a pre-defined time span (δt) up to said receiving of said request; and b2) automatically replacing said former settings in said second memory unit ( 19 ) by new former settings upon receiving a request for adjusting at least one setting of said current settings from an operation of at least one of said one or more programming user controls, provided that a difference between said current settings and said former settings caused by one or more adjustments to said current settings carried out during a pre-defined time span (δt) up to said receiving of said request is larger than a pre-defined difference.