Patent ID: 7664280

Claim:
A hearing aid system, comprising: an input converter for acquiring an input signal and converting the input signal into an electrical signal; a signal processing unit for processing the electrical signal; an output converter for outputting an output signal; an operating device having at least one control element for adjusting a parameter having an impact on at least one signal processing feature implemented in the signal processing unit; an analysis unit configured to perform a signal analysis on the input signal, wherein a subset of user selectable adjustment functions are assigned to the control element based on the signal analysis; and a memory unit for storing a plurality of adjustment function parameters having an impact on a plurality of signal processing features implemented in the signal processing unit, the plurality of signal processing features related to a plurality of auditory situations, wherein the subset of user selectable adjustment functions are: continuously user selectable throughout operation of the hearing aid, and pre-selected from the parameters and retrieved from the memory unit based on the signal analysis, and the control element is configured to only increment between the parameters included in the pre-selected subset of parameters.