Patent ID: 8792660

Claim:
A hearing system comprising: a hearing device ( 1 ) with a signal processing unit ( 3 ); at least one analogue control element ( 5 ) with a selector ( 6 ) with a delimited selecting range for selecting at least one particular setting of the hearing system, each setting controlling one or multiple parameters of the hearing device ( 1 ), the analogue control element ( 5 ) being operatively connected to the signal processing unit ( 3 ), the selecting range of the analogue control element ( 5 ) being partitioned into discrete segments, each identified by a distinctive identification digit, at least two successive segments defining a section (Pos 1 , . . . , Pos 4 ), each section identified by a distinctive section digit; each section (Pos 1 , . . . , Pos 4 ) representing a particular setting of the hearing system; a non volatile memory (NVM) unit section storing the identification digit and the respective section digit according to the position of the selector ( 6 ), said storing being controlled by the signal processing unit ( 3 ); the signal processing unit ( 3 ) only modifying the stored identification digit and the section digit in the non volatile memory (NVM) unit section when the position of the selector ( 6 ) is moved over at least two successive segments of the selecting range; wherein said hearing system is arranged such that a first movement of the selector ( 6 ) activates a time trigger for a defined time period, during said time period any additional movement of the selector ( 6 ) resulting in a change of the actual distinctive identification digit will be compared to the stored value within the non volatile memory (NVM) unit section, and a new value will be stored into the non volatile memory (NVM) unit section only if the actual and stored identification digit values differ more than one successive digit value.