&gt; I do have the ‘milk voice’—that flat, inner monologue that has no texture or sound<p>Sorry to tell you this, but my inner monologue <i>does</i> have texture and sound :P It sounds pretty close to my voice (or how I imagine my voice, I guess) and my inflections when speaking (even across languages). Even when I read other people&#x27;s writings, I kinda hear myself in my mind.<p>&gt; However, most of my friends and family describe what they “hear” as music—not as vivid as the real thing, to be sure, and not as many instruments—but “music” nonetheless.<p>That reminds me of an anecdote with my older brother: I was very young and I remember telling him I could hear music in my mind when I wanted to, just like if I pressed PLAY on a cassette player. He looked at me like I was crazy (note to self: test if he&#x27;s aphantasic).<p>I still can, and (I think) I can reproduce it in high polyphonic detail (even details I don&#x27;t consciously remember!) I perceive my aural imagination (aurination? audination?) as vivid as the real thing (though real sound kind of &quot;overpowers&quot; my imagination, like my imagination was playing through earphones close to my ears, not quite plugged in, but <i>inside</i> my head!) It&#x27;s much clearer than my visual imagination, which is more blurry and fleeting.<p>Maybe that&#x27;s why I became an amateur musician :)