ITunes Created Ringtones No Longer Playing

All of the sudden for no reason at all (i.e., I haven't damaged, added to or subtracted from apps, etc) the custom ringtones I made in iTunes are not playing on my iPhone. If I choose them in the settings menu, all I get is silence. I've got customs ringtones I created in Garageband that still work fine as do all the stock ringtones on the phone.
The iTunes ringtones show up and play fine in iTunes. They show as synced to the phone. I've restored the phone OS three times without using a backup so it would be fresh. This is FRUSTRATING! Anyone have any ideas?

Okay, I completely removed iTunes and reinstalled. Re-imported my library of music/podcasts in a completely recreated iTunes library file AND still my iTunes created ringtones (THAT I PAID FOR) don't play. They are silent on the iPhone. They play in iTunes but not the phone.
Any ideas? This is sickening.
Is there any way a hardware issue would cause this? I would think if it plays some music, it must be software. I just have no idea where to look now.

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ITunes Created Ringtones No Longer Playing

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