Why is my 4s defaulting to speaker-phone everytime I dial

Not only does my phone insist on using speakerphone, but when the person answers the call, I can hear them but they can not hear me. If I re-boot the phone it will function normally. I might have to re-boot more than once. My phone is bone stock.

Come to think of it, the day it started was the first time I used the apple headphones. I tried using them again today and spent the next hour turning my phone on and off to make the speakerphone problem stop.
Must be the headphones because none of my apps were transferred and I've only plugged it in to the charger it came with, no other accessories or even a computer. I did find it interesting when I used a pair of non-apple headphones and dialed, the call never went through, no dialing message or ringing. I could only hear myself and my surroundings from the speakers.

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