Low Alert Sounds in Headphones

If I have my headphones on and I get an email or text, the alert sounds have gotten pretty low. music and video still plays at normal volume, and if I have no headphones plugged in they alerts are loud. And I looked under sounds to adjust their volume--no good.
Thanks for any help.

I'm using iPhone 4s iOS 5.1.1 too.
Have you tried the following?
Turn on the "change with button" option in Sounds, Ringers and Alerts settings.
Turn off "EQ" option in Music settings.
Turn off " Volume Limit" by setting it to maximum volume in Music settings.
Toggling the mute button on/off (volume might be stucked or something).
If it doesn't work then I believe it's a software issue. An iOS upgrade would be of help. :)

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