Auditory hallucinations are just a symptom of schizophrenia, and a lot of things have symptoms in common. I would guess that occasionally generating an auditory hallucination is normal for a brain with hearing capabilities, whether in partially dreaming state, trying to predict and fill in the soundscape around it with imperfect data, or anticipating reality that manages to run ahead of the actual.
First a bit of background: radio hams have competitions where you win points for correctly receiving a radio message from the other participants. To win at this game, you’ve got to be good at hearing a weak, distant radio station that is almost obscured by the background static.
a phenomenon reported by radio operators—especially when using morse code—is that you copy down a message from the other guy, but are not 100% sure whetherv what you’ve heard is real or just hallucinatory. (You get to find out that it was real when the judge of the contest gives you the points for having correctly transcribed the message you were sent).
So that certainly exists. - but it’s unclear if voice hearing is that type of phenomenon, or something else.
Auditory hallucinations are just a symptom of schizophrenia, and a lot of things have symptoms in common. I would guess that occasionally generating an auditory hallucination is normal for a brain with hearing capabilities, whether in partially dreaming state, trying to predict and fill in the soundscape around it with imperfect data, or anticipating reality that manages to run ahead of the actual.
First a bit of background: radio hams have competitions where you win points for correctly receiving a radio message from the other participants. To win at this game, you’ve got to be good at hearing a weak, distant radio station that is almost obscured by the background static.
a phenomenon reported by radio operators—especially when using morse code—is that you copy down a message from the other guy, but are not 100% sure whetherv what you’ve heard is real or just hallucinatory. (You get to find out that it was real when the judge of the contest gives you the points for having correctly transcribed the message you were sent).
So that certainly exists. - but it’s unclear if voice hearing is that type of phenomenon, or something else.