IPhone headphones not working?

My iPhone headphones was fine like 2 days ago then all of a sudden now they don't play sound out of the whatever you call it, I have to flip them upside down to hear music, why is sound coming from the back of my headphones only?

They are broken

You have excessive ear wax and they need cleaning!

Try these two solutions-- With headphones attached restart your iphone then try them out. If that don't work try removing headphones from. Iphone then play music from phone then put in headphones. Hope one theee works

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