As you may have read a week ago, I have hearing aids.
I use my iPhone for GPS via a Google Maps app. It has always been an audible experience with a voice telling me what to do. When I got my hearing aids, which are Bluetooth enabled, I was getting that voice right through my hearing aids. It was great!!
Let me tell you that the trip going to Wake Forest was fraught with a lot of surprising noises, many of which seemed like they were coming from my car. I even thought I had a flat tire at one point. That was based on sound, not performance. I was also hearing other cars and trucks as they sped by.
Speeding was a surprise! In 60 mph zones most cars do 75-85 mph. In 70 mph zones, many cars do in excess of 90 mph and sometimes I think must be over 100 mph. Rattled my nerves, but I stayed in the right lane and did the posted limits.
I decided that my return trip would be quieter. I opted not to wear my hearing aids and departed the hotel parking lot. But my GPS did not talk to me. I was annoyed, but could hold the phone and see where to go and what turns to make. I missed a turn, however, and had to drive around Wake Forest to get back to it (it was an interestate exit).
Once I got on the interstate, i was a bit perplexed and bothered by the lack of an audible signal and stopped at the first rest area I came to. I thought that if I re-set my route the voice might come back.
As I sat in my car and fiddled with the phone, it dawned on me that all might be well if I put my hearing aids in my ears...because, you know...they are Bluetooth-enabled and my hearing aids had synched up with the phone. And VOILA! That was the fix. I could have turned the Bluetooh switch off on my phone, of course, but I figured I could adjust to the extra noises I was hearing on my trip.
I was a bit annoyed with myself for not thinking about that from the git-go, but am pleased I figured it out when I did.
