“…Auditory hallucinations (AH), which are experienced by 60-70% of subjects with schizophrenia [Andreasen and Flaum, 1991;Cachia et al, 2015], may be characterized as false perceptions of sounds including words, whole sentences, or entire conversations in the absence of an identifiable, external stimulus [Jardri et al, 2011[Jardri et al, , 2013. Unlike nonclinical subjects who may experience isolated, infrequent AH [van Lutterveld et al, 2014], in subjects with schizophrenia, AH disrupts the thought content and reality-testing capacity of patients, resulting in severe functional impairment in academic, occupational and interpersonal relationship domains, typically during the most productive years of adulthood [Fletcher and Frith, 2009;Shergill et al, 2001].…”