What to do when asked to read back something you don't have?

I was actually unlucky enough on my very first deposition to be asked to readback.  I had never seen any court reporter asked to read back during my internship, so that was something I really was not expecting.  The only thing I could think of to do was play the audio for the attorneys, but I felt really bad about having to do that.

I'm curious to know what other reporters do in similar situations.

Thanks.

We were told in school to NEVER EVER play back the audio for attorneys.  If you don't have it, you can ask to take a moment to review your notes.  I've done that before, and the attorneys didn't mind at all.   If you need more than just a moment, you can also ask to take a five-minute break to go over that section of testimony. 

We all drop when it gets way too fast, it's normal, but when it gets so far out of hand that you cannot report, you need to stop them and repeat the last few words that you wrote.  Never ever rely on your audio to play back during a deposition, which should never be done.  Audio is only a backup for us reporters to help figure out a few words here and there that we may have misstroke and a few words that we may have dropped because of everybody talking at the same time.  Also something I learned during a depo when I first started using my audio, I didn't hear one word the witness had said because of dropping his voice, I thought, oh, well, I'll  just listen to my audio when I get home.  Big mistake.  If you can't hear, neither can your microphone.