Periodically the home key and touch screen are unresponsive

Hi,
I have an iPhone4 and have recently noticed that the home key and touch screen are becomming less responsive. Sometimes I have to press the home key a few times to get it to respond also with the touch screen very rarely does it respond when i swipe to unlock or answer a call. The only way to get the swipe to unlock or answer to work is to press the sleep/wake button which is annoying if trying to answer a call.
Any suggestions?

it's the hardware issue.
someway you show may act the lifetime of Home button .

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