Sound cuts out on Android when advert is displayed - android

When my character crosses a finish line, I play a "win" sound. I have an AudioSource object to which I simply call PlayOneShot and pass it my AudioClip as:
public void PlayWon() {
if (GameData.Data.Settings.SoundsOn) {
AudioSource audio = GetComponent<AudioSource>();
audio.Stop();
audio.PlayOneShot(WinSound);
}
}
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and the object where this is attached to is loaded in a Loader scene which is never destroyed. I ensure this by calling:
DontDestroyOnLoad(this);
on Awake.
My sound plays fine on iOS, iPhone and iPads. But when testing on my Samsung Galaxy Tab S, the sound plays and then pauses whilst the interstitial advert is displayed and then when dismissed, the sound carries on. I am using Chartboost and Admob and use the basic invoke:
if (Chartboost.hasInterstitial(CBLocation.LevelComplete)) {
Debug.Log("Showing CB Ad");
Chartboost.showInterstitial(CBLocation.LevelComplete);
}
else if (_admobInterstitial.IsLoaded()) {
Debug.Log("Showing Admob Ad");
_admobInterstitial.Show();
}
else {
Debug.Log("Neither cached, trying CB again");
Chartboost.cacheInterstitial(CBLocation.LevelComplete);
Chartboost.showInterstitial(CBLocation.LevelComplete);
}
Any ideas why my sounds cut out on this device? I don't have another Android device to test it on but I'm assuming it's an Android related problem. The sound cuts out on both Chartboost and Admob.
Thanks

You can use a coroutine for playing the sound. When the coroutine is finished, you can show ads.
private IEnumerator PlaySoundAndShowAd()
{
//play sound
yield return new WaitForSeconds(1.0f)
//show ads or do something.
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