Internal Microphone not working ... never

Hi
I'm using a Macbook Pro Late 13'' 2011 and trying to use the internal microphone which does not work in any case unfortunately.
It's not a problem with Skype or other software. It seems that it never works.
I've tried to adjust settings in the audio pane from the system preferences but it really seems to be everything ok.
I've run a hardware test with no warnings. Everythng is fine.
is there a way to maybe reinstall or reconfigure the drivers ?
I haven't tried with an external microphone. All the other audio features are working fine.
Thanks for the support

Hi gmss,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
You may want to try booting into safe mode to see if the issue persists:
OS X Mountain Lion: Start up in safe mode
http://support.apple.com/kb/ph11212
If the microphone doesn't work in safe mode, try reinstalling Mountain Lion:
OS X Mountain Lion: Reinstall OS X
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10763
All the best,
Jeremy

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