Granting access rights to a sub-set of the data set in a user account

1. A method for handling user data for a hearing aid user and at least one hearing aid, said at least one hearing aid having a memory for storing personal settings for alleviating a hearing loss for the hearing aid user, and including:

creating a plurality of user accounts on a remote server accessible over the Internet from an Internet enabled computer device, each said user account including the personal settings for alleviating a hearing loss for a respective different hearing aid user;

entering personal information into the user accounts and storing the entered personal information on the remote server;

setting up a wireless connection between a hearing aid and a personal communication device;

identifying in the respective user account the personal communication device as a gateway to the Internet for said hearing aid;

connecting a set of hearing aids to the server via respective gateways, and

granting to a third party, other than one of said users, rights to modify a subset of the data stored in a subset of the user accounts on the server, whereby the third party becomes permitted, via remote connection, to adjust the personal settings for alleviating the hearing loss for a hearing aid user in said subset of user accounts.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said data in the sub-set of the user account stored on the server and modified by the third party having modification rights is loaded into said hearing aid memory by using the personal communication device as a gateway.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further including synchronization of the personal settings for alleviating the hearing loss stored in the hearing aid to modified personal settings for alleviating a hearing loss stored on the server.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the modification of personal settings for alleviating a hearing loss includes activation of customized optional features of the hearing aid.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the modification of personal settings for alleviating a hearing loss includes replacing the current setting alleviating a hearing loss with a previous setting for alleviating a hearing loss.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the modification of personal settings for alleviating a hearing loss includes managing an acclimatization strategy of an optional feature of the hearing aid.

7. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the modification of personal settings for alleviating a hearing loss includes granting access to an optional feature of the hearing aid for a trial period.

8. The method according to claim 1 , including measuring of the hearing loss of the hearing aid user by a hearing care professional, and storing data defining an audiogram in the user account according to granted modification rights.

9. The method according to claim 1 , including measuring of the hearing loss of the hearing aid user by a hearing care professional, and storing an amplification characteristic for alleviating a hearing loss for the hearing aid user in the user account on the remote server.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the granting of rights to a third party to modify data in a sub-set of the user account stored on the server is limited to a predefined period.

11. A data system for handling user data for a hearing aid user and at least one hearing said, said at least one hearing aid having a memory for storing personal settings for alleviating a hearing loss for the hearing aid user, and comprising:

a remote server accessible over the Internet;

an Internet enabled computer device for accessing the remote server;

a personal communication device being Internet enabled and being adapted for running application software;

wherein the personal communication device and the at least one hearing aid are provided with respective transceivers for establishing a wireless connection under guidance of said application software, whereby the personal communication device becomes a gateway for the hearing aid to the Internet;

wherein a client program on the Internet enabled computer device is adapted to allow the user:

to create a user account on the remote server accessible over the Internet, and including the personal settings for alleviating a hearing loss for the hearing aid user,

to enter personal information into the user account and store the entered personal information on the remote server, and

to enter gateway information to the user account;

wherein the client program on the Internet enabled computer device is adapted to allow the user to grant rights to a third party to modify data in a sub-set of the user account stored on the server, whereby the third party becomes permitted to adjust for said at least one hearing aid the personal settings for alleviating the hearing loss for the hearing aid user; and

wherein the remote server is configured for the creation of different user accounts for each of multiple different users, each user account including personal settings for alleviating the hearing loss for a different user, and each of said users is able via a respective gateway to grant rights to a third party to modify a subset of the data stored in that user's user account on the server, whereby the third party becomes permitted, via remote connection, to adjust the personal settings for alleviating the hearing loss for that hearing aid user.

12. The data system according to claim 11 , wherein data in a sub-set of the user account stored on the server and modified by a third party having modification rights is loaded into a hearing aid memory by using the personal communication device as a gateway.

13. The data system according to claim 11 , wherein the remote server synchronizes the personal settings for alleviating the hearing loss stored in the hearing aid by writing the modified personal settings into the memory of the hearing aid by using the personal communication device as gateway.

14. The data system according to claim 13 , wherein the modification of personal settings for alleviating a hearing loss includes replacing a current setting with a previous setting.

15. The data system according to claim 13 , wherein the modification of personal settings for alleviating a hearing loss includes managing an acclimatization strategy of an optional feature of the hearing aid.

16. The data system according to claim 13 , wherein the modification of personal settings for alleviating a hearing loss includes granting access to an optional feature of the hearing aid for a trial period.