Ingunn Elstad

Understanding the experiences of hearing voices and sounds others do not hear.

Qualitative Health Research November 2013 Anne Martha Kalhovde, Ingunn Elstad, Anne-Grethe Talseth

In this article, we aim to contribute to the understanding of how people with mental illness experience hearing voices and sounds that others do not hear in daily life. We conducted in-depth interviews with 14 people and analyzed the interviews using a hermeneutic phenomenological approach. The themes we arrived at included the following: hearing someone else or myself, am I losing my mind?,...