Sort of — it kind of vaguely suggests that whatever is setting your audio session isn’t related to OpenEars. If you only have FliteController and aren’t making any use of PocketsphinxController, the call above is the only opportunity for audio session calls so having noAudioSessionOverrides set is the last word because it is later than the check against audioSessionHasBeenInstantiated. If noAudioSessionOverrides is set, OpenEars isn’t making a call to its AudioSessionManager (which is why audioSessionHasBeenInstantiated is never set TRUE). If a call is being made to the audio session, it should perhaps be suspected of coming from other objects.