New hearing aid (Jabra Pro 20) experience

I got my first hearing aids at Costco this Saturday. I had done an inordianate amount of Googling and
found this forum to be a welcome source of informed opinion and facts which helped a lot. So describing my experience here - in case it can help someone else. I bought the Jabra Enhance Pro 20 with MRI&E and got the closed domes. The fitting lasted about 30-40 minutes and went smoothly. I did ask for open domes (based on feedback here) but the audiologist convinced me to try the closed ones first as that was recommended by the program.

First experiences. While all sounds were much louder, unlike the sample unit I had tested earlier, it did not seem that I could hear everyone at Costco speaking. Many new sounds, carts screeching, dings, clinks of putting things down etc. Not scary just unfamiliar. On the drive home - I kept hearing a rattle from my car. Problem was I could not figure out if this was something new I was hearing or I had just
ignored this earlier. In fact that feeling turned out to be a very common one.

At home it was pretty different. Sounds from faucets, even walking up the stairs were startlingly loud. I am guessing that in the noisy Costco environment the HAs had muted other sounds somewhat.

Was eager to check how I fared with TV - was a mixed experience. I think did not benefit much when watching a movie. On the other hand the news were much better. Previously I would understand about 50-60% of what was said - rest I guessed or just ignored. With the aids I would say I understood >90% of the words.

The important test was at work - the main reason I got the HAs. This was a resounding success. We have daily meetings and I would maybe get about 60% of the conversation and with technical discussions it is not always possible to guess correctly. While the meeting environment was far from challenging, with HA my comprehension was 100%.

The Android Jabra App. I am not too impressed with it. It has the basics and a very useful on-off toggle. It is finicky with bluetooth. If disconnected - takes multiple attempts and switching the HA on/off to connect again. Streaming works and while it is clear does not sound nice especially for music. There are also issues when on the phone - it fades in and out. I found it much easier to switch off the streaming in a phone call.
Another niggle - it seems streaming does not kick in right away. For example when starting a playback of a sentence on the phone, the first word(s) is unintelligible. But if you replay it is fine.
Still learning to put on the aids efficiently. I think the domes are a bit too tight will go back for smaller ones.
Also everything others have mentioned - being able to hearing birds, flowing water, steps, etc. is accurate.

Apologies for the long-winded post - but hoping someone will find this useful.
PS. One question. The reset option in the app, does that reset the programming to factory defaults or just to what the audiologist setup at the store?

You folks seem to be Android users. On the iPhone, there is the “Control Center,” and in the Control Center, you can have a widget that allows you to choose where your audio output goes. If you don’t want the audio sent to your HAs, you can send it to your phone or another audio device paired to your phone, like a BT speaker (or even your vehicle!). As far as streaming itself goes, you have to shut off or pause the source. On the iPhone, AFAIK, if the source is “on,” it will want to send the audio somewhere. And it’s usually not too hard to find the source in the “app switcher,” of which Android has the equivalent, IIRC.

How interesting. First I’ve heard that! It has to be turned off by the audiologist?