IOS7 on iPhone 5 - bluetooth no longer works

Since updating my iPhone 5 to iOS7 I cannot see any other devices using Bluetooth and devices using Bluetooth can't see my phone. I have tried every potential fix I can find on the web, from removing an apostrophe from my user name through to doing a complete restore of my phone. Nothing has made any difference. My partner's iPhone5 (slightly newer than mine) doesn't have the problem. The devices that I can't see and that can't see my iPhone include my iPad, 1 MacAir, 2 Mac desktops and 1 car bluetooth system.

Thanks Chris and JC. My iPhones can't see any other devices at all but the only bluetooth device I actually care about right now -- my Sennheiser head phones -- I found the answer to on another thread. Despite the fact my MacBook could see the head phones just fine the answer to the iPhone problem was to hold the on button on the headphones down for 5 plus seconds. And magically they appeared in the list. That thread was hard to find too so maybe my reply will help someone else. Thanks again though, if I have any more BT problems I will know what to do.

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