Headphones stop working after awhile.

I have a 2009 Macbook. The headphones will work for awhile then just stop working. After I reboot they work again for a short period then stop working again. I have tried several different headphones and they all do the same thing. Help.

Thank you for your reply. Do I use one of those bottled air cans to blow out any dirt? Also I have used two different sets of earphones, one (Sony) has 2 rings and the other (Apple) has 3 rings. Thank you again for your advice.

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When the headphones are plugged in, the sound will only go through the laptop speakers. I've tried updating the drivers, fiddling with the jack and socket (as I read on google), the only resolution I have found is to restart the comp, which is a bit of a pisstake in all fairness and I'd rather not do that every time it happens.
5 minutes ago I was watching a TV show, listening through the headphones, when I pulled out my USB mouse (and accidentally the charger with it). The sound then switched from the headphones to the speaker.
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Currently I have the audio jack pulled out about a centimetre, this allows sound through the headphones, but the sound is noticeably different to what it should be.
I had rolled it back to "High Definition Audio Device", then reinstalled it to the most current driver. This hasn't fixed it.
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Thank you for your reply. Do I use one of those bottled air cans to blow out any dirt? Also I have used two different sets of earphones, one (Sony) has 2 rings and the other (Apple) has 3 rings. Thank you again for your advice.

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