We’ve published a new brochure presenting a selection of research and engagement findings from over a decade’s worth of work from Hearing the Voice.
Up to 1 in 10 people hear voices that others don’t. These experiences can be highly stigmatised, rarely talked about, and often hidden from public view.
Yet is it is now increasingly recognised that voice-hearing is not a mere symptom of pathology but an important aspect of many people’s lives. It can be distressing and upsetting, but also positive and meaningful.
Hearing the Voice was an interdisciplinary research project that set out to shed light on this phenomenon. It brought academics from anthropology, cognitive neuroscience, history, linguistics, philosophy, English studies, medical humanities, theology and psychology together with clinicians, artists, activists and experts by experience in order to improve the way people understand, clinically treat, and live with experiences of hearing voices.
The project was generously funded by the Wellcome Trust from 2012 to 2022.
Our new booklet presents twelve of the project’s most significant findings.
Download the brochure: Hearing the Voice: Interdisciplinary voice-hearing research (2012–2022).
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