Method of operating a hearing device

A method of operating a hearing device, the method comprising:

• establishing a wireless link between a mobile device and a hearing device;
• pairing the mobile device and the hearing device via the wireless link;
• assigning a service access confirmation level to a hearing device service, wherein the service access confirmation level was selected from a plurality of hierarchically structured service access confirmation levels, wherein each level of the plurality of hierarchically structured service access confirmation levels grants a different level of access to a hearing device or hearing device information, wherein each level of the plurality of hierarchically structured service access levels are associated with access of different hardware components of the hearing device or control of different functions of the hearing device and a certification;
• granting or denying a third party service access to the assigned level based on user confirmation and a service authorization process, wherein the service authorization process comprises:
• obtaining confirmation of the service access confirmation level assigned to the hearing device service, submitting a service certification request for the hearing device service to a manufacturer access service, the service certification request including the obtained confirmations of the service access confirmation level assigned to the hearing device service, and determining whether the service certification request includes required confirmation of the service access confirmation level assigned to the hearing device service.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor cause a machine to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• establishing a wireless link between a mobile device and a hearing device;
• pairing the mobile device and the hearing device via the wireless link;
• assigning a service access confirmation level to a hearing device service, wherein the service access confirmation level was selected from a plurality of hierarchically structured service access confirmation levels, wherein each level of the plurality of hierarchically structured service access confirmation levels grants a different level of access to a hearing device or hearing device information wherein each level of the plurality of hierarchically structured service access levels are associated with access of different hardware components of the hearing device or control of different functions o the hearing device and a certification;
• granting or denying a third party service access based on user confirmation and a service authorization process, wherein the service authorization process comprises:
• obtaining confirmation of the service access confirmation level assigned to the hearing device service, submitting a service certification request for the hearing device service to a manufacturer access service, the service certification request including the obtained confirmations of the service access confirmation level assigned to the hearing device service;
• and determining whether the service certification request includes required confirmations of the service access confirmation level assigned to the hearing device service.