T420 - External Micrphone (headphone) stopped working

Hi,
I´ve been using my headphones with an incorporated microphone  (as the ones you use on your cellphone) as both headphone and microphone for the last two years,
Suddenly, the microphone stopped working (the sound still works).
- I´ve tried with two other headphones, different brands. 
- I´ve of course restarted the computer and checked all the settings.
I use this computer for work, therefore a lot of conference video calls.
What´s teh solution?
I do refuse to buy an adapter or get an USB microphone, they are way too uncomfortable.
Thank you, 

It turns out it was a combination of bad front audio jack and headphones.
Headphones #1 had the problem with front and rear jacks, headphones #2 work only in the rear jack, not the front. Yeesh.
Thanks for your help.
If you have used a known good set of headphones and
still have this problem, it is most likely the jack
on the Mac itself.
You may be able to hear something out of the speaker
jack on the back to see if that works. Maybe a cheap
pair of speakers for troubleshooting, although if you
can get some sound out of the heaadphones that would
help. That way you can narrow it down to the jack.
Luck-
-DaddyPaycheck

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