Volumes keys showing "broken icon" symbol on MBP

I am having volume issues on my 2011 MPB running Lion. When I start my computer it makes the start up noise, and I am also running Windows 7 with BootCamp, and the volume works there.
On my Mac side however, I am getting a broken icon symbol when I hit the volume buttons, and I also cannot control volume throung the pull dowm bar on the upper portion of the screen. No volume is working.
I have done all my updates, and I have reset my PRAM (which was only a temporary fix).
Any suggestions?
Thanks

Under out output device it says "Digital Output" and has a check mark beside it. This is the only option. Under input device it says "internal microphone" and "line in", and internal microphone is checked.
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