My headphone jack is only playing things from one earphone.

So I had a pair of headphones plugged into my iMac (acutally it's my school's. Oops). I had a sweater with a lining on the back of my chair as I was working, and at one point, I pulled the lining out of the sweater so I could put it on. This created a load of static, and when I went to unplug my headphones, I got a big static shock, and I heard a pop in the headphones. Now when I plug them into the computer, only the left side plays. I have duplicated this on another computer, and confirmed it with multiple sets of headphones. Is this a common problem? Is there anything I can do to help this?

Hey X423424X, thank you for posting your reply in this discussion. I was having headphone issues and had completely overlooked the obvious suggestion to check left/right balance in sound options. You saved me from an embarrasing trip to the Apple Store... I would have felt like a goof when they opened sound preferences and saw that it was cranked over to the left side only. I'm not sure how it got that way, but I'm grateful it was an easy fix. Thanks again!

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