Very feeble sound through MBP headphone jack

I've had my MBP travel with me outdoors for the past few weeks, and I recently discovered that the sound output through the headphone jack is very feeble- even at full volume. This was working all OK a few days back even during my travel. I've checked everything under System Preferences > Sound, read through numerous Internet articles but nothing or no one seems to be able to provide a clear solution to this. Not really sure if the jack has dirt lodged in it that may cause this (as some articles suggested)- I used a flashlight to look into the port and seems all clean.
Please help. Any pointers would be appreciated.

Teat with another earphone set. Youe earphones may be the problem.
Do a PRAM reset:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
If these do not solve the problem, make an appointment at an Apple genius bar.
Ciao.

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The problem - about two weeks ago headphones stopped to work. The effect is: I plug them into the headphone jack, the preferences show that sound output changes to headphones, the sound comes out of the headphones then after between 20 to 50 seconds it is cut and goes dead. Removing the jack and plugging it again gives another 20-50 seconds of sound.
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AndyBrandt wrote:
Did reset as described (switch off, remove power sources, hold power button for 5 seconds, power on) - this brought back the familiar sound when the computer powers on (was silent previously, though I didn't notice it) but the headphone effect persist.
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