"internal speaker output device missing"

The internal speaker output device missing in system preference's sound window. How do I get it to show up?

I recently had this issue too.  It worked fine when I had my headphones plugged in, but when I unplugged them it would say "optical digital output" on the right and nothing under name in my sound preferences instead of internal speakers.
I have a 15" macbook pro, so I plugged my headphones into the other headphone jack and unplugged them again - idk what its called or for I was just messing around - and the internal speakers showed up again and it started working.
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