1. A hearing system including a hearing aid and a personal communication device, said hearing aid and said personal communication device both including a short range data transceiver for providing a short range data communication link, said hearing aid including: a signal processor processing an electric input signal according to audio processing parameters of the hearing aid and having a signal processing sub-system with at least two modes of operation; a classifier component analyzing at least one specific characteristics of said electric input signal statistically, said statistical analysis including comparison of at least one specific characteristic to one or more thresholds; a program selector component automatically selecting one of said at least two modes of operation for the signal processing sub-system according to the classifiers classification; said one or more thresholds being controlled by the signal processor; wherein said personal communication device offers the user a user interface for controlling and interacting with a program selector component of the hearing aid, and generating a notification according to the operation of the user interface and transmitting the notification to said hearing aid via said short range data communication link; and wherein the signal processor upon reception of the notification from said personal communication device adjusts at least one of said one or more thresholds used by the classifier component.