For me, when I say I &quot;hear a voice&quot; when I read, I mean that it&#x27;s the same &#x27;mental voice&#x27; as when I&#x27;m thinking, stream-of-consciousness stuff. It&#x27;s definitely not like hearing an out-in-the-world audio thing, but reading to me <i>is</i> me saying the words in my head.