My volume keeps on changing without me touching it

For some odd reason, my volume/sound will often get louder or softer without me manually attempting to change it. I find it quite annoying and rebooting it didn't help either. If someone could please help me with this problem, I would really appreciate it.

Try resetting the PRAM
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379

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