T440p: Audio coming from speakers despite headphone being plugged into jack

This doesn't always happen, but I've noticed a few times on my T440p that when I have headphones plugged in, sounds comes out of the speakers. The headphones are functional and fully plugged in, yet no sound comes out of them, and the sound comes out of the speakers. I've fixed this multiple times by unplugging the headphones and plugging them back in.
Has anyone else had this problem? If so, have you been able to fix it? The reason it is a problem for me is that it distracts those working around me.
Thanks.
(my problem differs from this one, where sounds comes from both the headphones and speakers)
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Look for a multistream option in the Realtek audio control panel. Make sure it's set to unify headphones and speakers.
Alternatively, if you want audio to only come out of the headphones and not switch dynamically, go to the Sound control panel in Windows, and set headphones as default.
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