I suffer from tinnitus and hyperacusis. Part of all that is that I frequently hear phantom echos of certain sorts of sounds... most notably the test of the dis

I suffer from tinnitus and hyperacusis. Part of all that is that I frequently hear phantom echos of certain sorts of sounds... most notably the test of the district emergency siren that's done every saturday, which I "hear" replayed in my head off and on for the rest of the afternoon. I even "hear" things which I know I can't hear without my hearing aids. Another example is when I watch a lot of professional sports, like rugby. I've had the experience where I've watched a few games and then that evening I "heard" crowd noises and the indistinct chatter of the commentators (even to the point where I "could tell" that they were South African). This experience is so convincing I'm compelled to get up and check to make sure the telly is off, even though it's been off for hours. Anyway my point is that it's entirely possible that people who experience actual full on auditory hallucinations "hear" voices that "sound" different than their voice and which "obviously" are coming from some external source... and that absolutely not making any sense but being nonetheless credible is part of the experience. I gotta say as disturbing and embarrassing as I find my own experiences they're nothing to what is being described in the article, so I really feel for them because there's no way that is pleasant experience.