Volume stopped working on my macbook pro

sound stopped working yesterday on my macbook pro, Does not work with head phones either. Is it the sound card?

Some things to try:
Go to System Preferences/Sound/output and check if if you can select built in. Make sure volume is up, and mute is not checked
Try taking a set of headphones and plugging them in and out several times (there is a micro switch that sometimes gets stuck)
Go to applications/utilites/Audio MIDI set up check and see if built in is selected, if possible try to select it, make sure volume is up and mute is not checked.
Try a NVRAM/PRAM reset:
Power off, power back on holding  OPTION + COMMAND + P + R   keys
Hold until you hear the start chime 2 times, then release,  reboot

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