IPhone 4S  Microphone Wont Work

My microphone quit working.  It will not work for emails, texts or siri....help?

This is official terminology because it is the Terminology that Apple Advisors use.
No it is not.  No Apple "Advisors" I have had any contact with use those terms, and those terms ("Hard, Soft, or Forced Reset, Factory Reset, Reset Factory Settings", etc.) are NOT used in ANY of the  hundreds of "Official" support documents published by Apple,  NOT ONE.
Using terms like Hard and Soft will not at all confuse anyone if you're explaining to them what steps to take in orfer to perform it. 10 or 15 seconds doesn't matter, 15 IS at least 10, so you're just complaining about nothing
You need to re-read your own post, which had no mention of ANY time to press the buttons - no mention of "15 seconds." 
Maybe if you had more experience following this forum you would know of the many who failed to press the buttons long enough (up to 30 seconds needed in some instances), or even pressed them briefly resulting in screen shots!! 
Even if "explained" accurately, they confuse neophytes when they later see the correct term, simply Reset iPhone, used and don't know if that means the same thing. 
Move on and get back to helping people rather than High Horsing around. Thanks anyways!
You're welcome.  You should move on from the ancient PC world and learn how to accept constructive criticism without becoming defensive and persuing wrong, obsolete, and irelevent arguments.
As well, the iPhone user guide nowhere says what the Resets are called and never provides official terminology.
Read again.  See page 173, under the paragraph "Restarting or resetting iPhone":
     "Restart iPhone: Hold down the On/Off button until the red slider appears. Slide your finger across the slider to turn off iPhone. To turn iPhone back on, hold      down the On/Off button until the Apple logo appears .
     Reset iPhone: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears."
See page 168 for Reset settings....
You also need to read the many Support Documents referring to these procedures such as:
iPhone and iPod touch: Frozen and unresponsive
iPhone and iPod touch: Troubleshooting touchscreen response
Nowhere does Apple EVER use the terms "hard" or "soft" in reference to resetting or restarting. 

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