Thunderbolt monitor volume is low

I don't know what is going on, but my volume is fine on my MacBook Pro, but suddenly the volume on my Thunderbolt Monitor is not very loud, not matter what I do. I have verified in Sound that Output Volume is at Max for Diplay Audio. I have been to Audio Midi Setup and the bottom two sliders are at Maximum.
Who has a suggestion?

I just experienced this problem, and it was fixed by plugging in the usb cord from the display to the computer.

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AppleThunderboltDPPathManager<0xffffff8047714100>::createPath - kDPPathTypeVideo - NFC [src=11 int=14 dst=14] Initial Credits [src=0 int=0 dst=0]
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AppleThunderboltDPPathManager<0xffffff8047714100>::createPath - kDPPathTypeAuxTx - NFC [src=0 int=0 dst=0] Initial Credits [src=4 int=2 dst=1]
AppleThunderboltDPPathManager<0xffffff8047714100>::createPath - kDPPathTypeAuxRx - NFC [src=0 int=0 dst=0] Initial Credits [src=7 int=2 dst=1]
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AppleThunderboltDPPathManager<0xffffff8047713100>::createPath - kDPPathTypeVideo - NFC [src=11 int=14 dst=14] Initial Credits [src=0 int=0 dst=0]
AppleThunderboltDPPathManager<0xffffff8047713100>::createPath - kDPPathTypeVideo - NFC [src=11 int=14 dst=14] Initial Credits [src=0 int=0 dst=0]
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IOThunderboltSwitch(0x0)::listenerCallback - Thunderbolt HPD packet for route = 0x0 port = 11 unplug = 0
IOThunderboltSwitch(0x0)::listenerCallback - Thunderbolt HPD packet for route = 0x0 port = 1 unplug = 0
IOThunderboltSwitch(0x0)::listenerCallback - Thunderbolt HPD packet for route = 0x0 port = 12 unplug = 0
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AppleThunderboltDPPathManager<0xffffff8049c90d00>::createPath - kDPPathTypeAuxTx - NFC [src=0 int=0 dst=0] Initial Credits [src=4 int=2 dst=1]
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