Audio problems in Final Cut Express

I have edited 4 sequences successfully within a project. Everything was working fine audio and video. All material is saved to my external scratch disk. I left the project to take a break (saving it first of course). When I came back the audio is not working. I have not changed any settings and have tried to obvious like checking the volume on the computer. I know the audio is still there because the levels are moving and correct. I just can't hear it. This is the second or third time this is happened?
At one point I needed to capture some material and following capture it seemed to work again. Then I lost it again. I thought I would try capturing more material to see if I would have the same luck but not this time.
I am fairly new to editing and to Final Cut Express. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

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