Patent ID: 8737631

Claim:
A method for adjusting a hearing system to the hearing preferences of a user of said hearing system, wherein said hearing system is capable of carrying out frequency transposition of audio signals, which frequency transposition depends on at least one parameter, wherein said at least one parameter includes at least one of a cutoff frequency and a compression ratio, said method comprising A) carrying out a frequency distinction test for examining said user's ability to distinguish between respective frequencies of two stimulus signals which differ in their frequency contents, wherein the frequency distinction test comprises determining whether or not the user perceives the frequencies of two stimulus signals as equal or different; and B) adjusting said at least one parameter in dependence of the result of said frequency distinction test, wherein step B) comprises adjusting at least one of the cutoff frequency and the compression ratio in dependence of a degree with which the user correctly or incorrectly perceives the frequencies of the two stimulus signals as equal or different by identifying the number of times the user correctly or incorrectly perceives the frequencies of the two stimulus signals as equal or different.