My home button does not respond most of the time. Is this a hardware failure?

I've had quite a bit of difficulty with getting my home button to respond. Sometimes, the only way to get back to the home screen is to do a hard reset. I constantly close any open apps, thinking that this might be the problem (memory issue).
Hoping you can help!
Thanks!

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