Results of research showing that auditory hallucinations are localized in the expressive speech area of the brain suggest that: these hallucinations are produced by the auditory nerve in the ear as well as the speech area of the brain a person who is hallucinating is actually listening to his/her own thoughts these hallucinations are related to the disorganized speech that occurs in schizophrenia people who are hallucinating think the voices of other people are actually their own