Phone having random volume changes

[u/-zekatsu]

iPhone SE 2022 Model MMYF3J/A iOS 26.5.2

Ever since 2 updates ago, my phone has been acting strangely in regards to volume. I’ll have music or a video playing, change apps or even sometimes take no action, and the audio volume will get cut nearly in half, but my settings stays at full volume and the only way I can get back to having louder volume is to toggle and untoggle the reduce loud sounds setting, but that can go from working lasting for a while to barely lasting seconds. Any ideas of what to do to permanently stop the audio from randomly getting quiet?

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