Repeating MediaPlayer freezes application

Question

Android Question.

public void myClickHandler(View v) {

switch (v.getId())
{                            //opens switch test

    case R.id.SoundOneButton:
    asoundfilenumber=0x7f040001;
    break;

    case R.id.SoundTwoButton:
    asoundfilenumber=0x7f040002;
    break;

    case R.id.SoundThreeButton:
    asoundfilenumber=0x7f040003;
    break;

    case R.id.PlayButton:


    while (count <=repeat) //opens while loop in case r.id.PlayButton   

    {
 MediaPlayer mp = MediaPlayer.create(getBaseContext(), asoundfilenumber);

    mp.start();

    mp.setOnCompletionListener(new OnCompletionListener()//listens for player to finish then releases player
    {

    @Override
    public void onCompletion(final MediaPlayer mp) 
    {

     mp.release();
    }

    });

   count++;

    }//closes while loop in case r.id.PlayButton 

    count=0;//resets count to 0 after all repeat play is finished

    break;
    }//closes switch test
    }//closes onClick

My problem is when MediaPlayer repeats more than two or three times or finishes repeating then is asked to repeat again, the activity fails to respond and I can either force close or wait. If I select wait, the application keeps working.

The audio files are Ogg and 19K in size. I'm trying to have them play between 1 and 10 times.

Is my problem due to not resetting the mediaplayer before each repeat? I looked at SoundPool and AudioTrack but it seemed that MediaPlayer was more suited.

Thank you for your time and help.