1. A method for adjusting a hearing device to the hearing preferences of a user of said hearing device, said method comprising the steps of a) the user adjusting at least one of N user adjustable hearing device parameters; b) automatically selecting a model audiogram, the selection being dependent on said N user adjustable hearing device parameters and independent of existing audiogram values measured for said user; and c) automatically applying a fitting rationale to the selected model audiogram to obtain a gain model for the hearing device.