Sound output: Headphones option disappeared?

I have been using Logitech speakers plugged into the headphone jack of my iMac ever since I bought the thing. Now they are useless. The headphone option doesn't even appear in the sound output options. How can this be fixed? How can this happen?

Update on this: The Logitech speakers work fine on my PC. The Mac doesn't see them. Nothing wrong with the Mac's headphone jack -- plug in headphones, they work fine. Probably another glitch caused by a Mac OS X update.

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Yesterday suddenly the sound output from my Headphone is not working

Hi, I've Mac Book Pro 15" with Retina display. Yesterday suddenly the sound output from my Headphone is not working. When I tried to solve this, I've noticed in system preferences it's jumping from Internal speakers to Head phone and vice versa. Can anyone help me on this issue please? I am using the original Apple Headset only.
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