IPhone 4S touchscreen not responding

Software up to date.
I am finding that my touchscreen often is not responding, particularly on certain letters when texting such as "a" & "w"...but it will also not respond when I touch the text icon to begin texting. It's driving me nuts.
Is there a known fix for something like this?

Standard troubleshooting steps are as follows:
Power your iPhone off and on.
No change, try a reset which is done by pressing and holding the home button and the sleep/wake or on/off button simultaneously until you see the Apple logo and then release. A reset is similar to a computer restart and does not affect any data or settings.
No change, restore your iPhone from your iPhone's backup.
No change, restore your iPhone as a new iPhone or not from the backup.
If no change after the last step, more than likely your iPhone has a hardware problem. The iPhone includes a one year warranty.

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