NSW: Schizophrenia sufferers may be hearing 'old' voices From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: September 3, 2002 | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

AAP General News (Australia)

09-03-2002

NSW: Schizophrenia sufferers may be hearing 'old' voices

By Judy Skatssoon, National Medical Writer

SYDNEY, Sept 3 AAP - When people with schizophrenia hear voices they may actually be
experiencing disconnected fragments of "auditory memory" from various points in their
lives.

The revolutionary theory is being tested by a team of Victorian researchers with funding
from the National H...

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