Subvocal

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   Did you know it's possible to use a microphone held against a patient's throat to hear the same schizophrenic voices they hear?  They're picked up as just a whisper but it's the person's own throat forming the words they hear.

   They hear words in their head when formed by their throat.  Sounds backwards, right?

   Relevant link: Medical Examiner - Schizophrenia and subvocal speech from Slate.com

   The process is already known to work the other way when people read and their throat forms the words as they read them.

   But I don't see the question being asked as to what/how the word's are being formed in the throat first and then heard by the person second.  Not only that but people with schizophrenia are often sure (at least at first) that what they're hearing isn't from them.

   You might be wondering how that's possible.

   How can a person not recognize what they're hearing as anything they consciously thought of or would say?

   How can their own throat be forming words which they then hear in their head as a voice?

   There's only 1 way that explains both questions.

   It's the unconscious part of their mind that's responsible.

   There's a bridge in place by way of subvocal speech that allows communication to take place.

   And I suspect a large percentage of case where adults develop schizophrenia aren't as random or accidental as they seem.

   We often ask people a question whenever it's suggested that something is originating in their unconscious.  It goes something like:

      "What is your unconscious trying to tell you?"

   I bet for each of them it's trying to tell them more than they can currently understand.