Anyone ever use Iphone headset on a Macbook?

My mother & I got a Macbook at the exact same time, and she's having a few issues with hers, one of them being that she made the mistake of assuming her Iphone earbuds were compatible with her Macbook, and plugged them in to listen. Now (even without the speakers in) she has NO sound on her Macbook at ALL. This worries me, because until she said that, I would've assumed you could use your Iphone earbuds on your laptop with no problems. She took it to a one-to-one class, and they said they'd have to call a tech in to look at it, and that they wouldn't think there would be a problem with compatibility. Has anyone else had this problem?

If you have a laptop with no sound, check your output jack on the side. Is there a red light on inside? If so, the analog/digital switch is stuck and the laptop won’t have any sound. Take a wood toothpick and insert it gently in the output sound jack and press gently downwards until the red light (LED) is off. You should have sound again. If you can’t get the light to go out, you will have to have it serviced. Contact Apple.
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