Voice Over Audio Problems

Hey! I've been working with iMovie '08 for just short of a month now, and I've never had any problems; until now. I want to create a Voice Over, which I know how by clicking the Microphone button and then selecting the clip. I did the first one, which worked successfully, I could hear it completely fine. However with the second it recorded, and it showed the waveforms there in the Time Line. Which means it has recorded the sound, however when I go to preview the sound I am unable to hear it. I can hear all other audio (including the previous V.O) and audio from the clips I've filmed, but these. Please can anybody help. Here are my Voice Over statistics:
Clip:
Volume: 100%
Ducking: Unticked
Fade in, Fade Out, Equilizer and Enhance: Unticked
Voice Over:
Built In Microphone ( The little green bars move when I make a noise so it's picking up something)
Input Volume: 100%
Noise Reduction: -45db
The other 2 are both unticked.
Please help! Thank you so much!

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