Sound totally distorted - Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I had this problem before, but it has always gone away after a couple of minutes.
Since a few days (i tried multiple roms, sense and non-sense) my sound is totally distorted. It is impossible to hear anything besides noise. I cant call or listn to music or do anything that involves sound. It happens on both speaker and headphone, so i have high hopes my internal speaker isnt broken, but i have no idea how to fix this.
Thnx in advance
(Desire HD, not Inspire)

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