Western medicine views hearing disembodied voices as a symptom of psychosis. But that's not the case everywhere.

Hearing voices is also extremely common. One study found that 57% of people without any clinical diagnosis had experienced auditory hallucinations (see Waters & Fernyhough, 2017 for a review).

Then, sometime around the early 19th century, the medical establishment grabbed hold of hallucinations and hearing voices entered the realm of pathology.

One of the most common hallucinations people with schizophrenia experience is hearing voices. About 60% to 80% of people report hearing voices. These voices may be highly critical, abusive, or ...

Medically reviewed by Michael MacIntyre, MD Psychosis occurs when someone experiences a loss of contact with reality. This happens when a person's thoughts and perceptions become distorted, making it ...

Many children and adolescents may hear voices that aren’t really there, but most don’t suffer any long-term effects of the imaginary chatter, according to a new study published in the British ...

Mom says son experienced hallucinations, heard voices after taking Tamiflu: Rick Williams reports during Action News at 5pm on January 14, 2020.