Hearing the Voice, Durham University

03/02/2023

We are looking for a group of young people (18–25) with personal experience of hearing voices to provide feedback on a pilot app. Find out more and get involved here: https://hearingthevoice.org/2023/01/17/livv-test-out-our-pilot-app-for-young-people-who-hear-voices/

07/06/2022

Earlier this year we ran three co-design workshops for young people who hear voices to see what they would want from an app. Now we're looking for some feedback on what we created. If you're 16–25 with personal experience of hearing voices, we'd love to hear what you think of our very early stage, prototype app. Find out more and sign up here: https://tinyurl.com/livv-proto-type

LIVV: Try out a prototype app for young people who hear voices by Hearing the Voice | Jun 7, 2022 | featured, HtV Events Are you aged 16–25 with personal experience of hearing voices others don’t? Would you like to help develop an app for young voice-hearers who might be struggling to cope with ...

09/03/2022

Great opportunity for young people aged 16–25 with personal experience of hearing voices to get involved in an exciting new project.

Living with Voices: Can you help us build an app for young people who hear voices? by Hearing the Voice | Mar 4, 2022 | Announcements, Consultation, featured Are you aged 16–25 with personal experience of hearing voices others don’t? Would you be interested in helping us build an app for young v...

09/03/2022

We're looking for a group of young people (aged 16-25) with lived experience to help us build an app for hearing voices. Find out more and get involved: https://hearingthevoice.org/2022/03/04/living-with-voices-can-you-help-us-build-an-app-for-young-people-who-hear-voices/

28/02/2022

Research inspired stage play challenges stigma of hearing voices!

We are delighted to announce that a rehearsed reading of Dialogues from Babel will take place in Edinburgh and Newcastle upon Tyne this week (4 March & 7 March).

Drawn from interviews with voice-hearers and novelists, Dialogues from Babel weaves together conversations that unfold to illuminate the experience of hearing a voice that no one else can hear.

Seven actors have worked alongside director Mary Robson, dramaturg Philip Howard and Fife-based sound designer R J McConnell to create a unique theatrical experience.

The 90-minute rehearsed reading will be followed by a 30-minute panel discussion. Both performances will also be preceded by a drinks reception, to which the audience are warmly invited.
Dialogues from Babel is the result of a long-term collaboration between Edinburgh International Book Festival and Hearing the Voice.

We very much hope you can join us for what promises to be an inspiring and thought-provoking evening.

Find out more:

https://hearingthevoice.org/2022/02/18/dialogues-from-babel-edinburgh-4-march-2022-7-30pm-newcastle-upon-tyne-7pm/

Dialogues from Babel (Edinburgh, 4 March 2022, 7.30pm; Newcastle upon Tyne, 7pm) by Hearing the Voice | Feb 18, 2022 | Announcements, featured Dialogues from Babel Direction: Mary Robson Text: Philip Howard We are delighted to announce that a rehearsed reading of Dialogues from Babel will take place...

19/10/2021

Should we make an app for young people who hear voices?

Back in 2018 we launched a new website, Understanding Voices (UV), to help support people who hear voices and their loved ones.

We now have a chance to apply for funds to develop an app for young people who hear voices.

While we are using the Living with Voices section of the site as a starting point, the design and functionality of the app itself is up for grabs and we need some help to figure things out.

We have questions … lots of questions! How could an app help young people who hear voices? What might it do that would be useful? What would make it off-putting? We know there are lots of mental health apps out there that just sit on the digital shelf or are downloaded and then hardly ever used.

Would the app have information and coping strategies? A peer support forum? A diary? Or people’s stories? How should it look and feel to use?

If you’re aged 16–25 with personal experience of hearing voices, we’d love to hear what you think. We’d like to hear from people who are interested in using digital technology to help them cope with their voices, but if you’re someone who doesn’t like using apps for mental health purposes, we’re also keen to understand more about why.

If you’d like to take part in this consultation, you can choose to complete an anonymous survey and/or sign up for one of our online focus groups. More details and how to register at the link below.

https://wp.me/p4iabN-7nN

01/10/2021

Understanding Voices: New resources translated in ten languages https://mailchi.mp/1c05b500e867/understanding-voices-new-resources-translated-in-ten-languages

15/01/2021

Catch up on the latest news from Hearing the Voice with our January 2021 e-bulletin - https://mailchi.mp/1ed3de1fde86/htv_ebulletin_jan2021

Interdisciplinary voice-hearing research at Durham University, 2012–2020

14/01/2021

Many thanks to everyone who shared their thoughts on our website. Here are some highlights from your feedback:

https://hearingthevoice.org/2021/01/14/understanding-voices-what-do-people-think/

Understanding Voices: What do people think? by Hearing the Voice | Jan 14, 2021 | Announcements, featured Dr Victoria Patton writes: Last year we delivered two ‘Knowledge is Power’ training workshops in London and Glasgow, and recruited a cohort of voice-hearers, family members and mental health...

14/01/2021

Woo hoo! We've been awarded the 2020 Medical Humanities Award for Best Research by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Wellcome Trust.

The award recognises ‘outstanding research that draws on the arts and humanities to improve the health and well-being of people facing medical challenges’.

Thank you to the many voice-hearers, family members, health professionals, academic collaborators, activists and artists who have been part of the project over the last eight years. Whether you participated in a research study, contributed to the development of Understanding Voices, collaborated with us on our exhibition, films, and book festival events, or partnered with us to improve the clinical treatment of psychosis, it has been a privilege to work together to change the way people think about voice-hearing.
https://www.ukri.org/news/winners-announced-for-2020-medical-humanities-awards/

17/11/2020

Our researchers are trying to get a better understanding of what it’s like to live with some of the most challenging and misunderstood health conditions.

14/08/2020

Explore how the methods used to navigate hallucinations might help us better understand and treat psychosis in this post from our very own (originally published on and reproduced with their kind permission) http://ow.ly/33Q150AZiGL

Can Learning to Navigate Ayahuasca Hallucinations Help in Psychosis Treatment? by Hearing the Voice | Aug 14, 2020 | HtV Research, HtV team members, Publications This article was originally published at Kahpi.net here on 3 June 2020 and has been reproduced with their kind permission. by David Dupuis...

31/07/2020

Want to know more about writers' inner voices? If our recent posts on the subject have left you with more questions than answers, check out this new piece from our very own John Foxwell! https://tinyurl.com/y3zucyfy

How writers hear their characters in their heads.

29/07/2020

Today’s the day! We’re thrilled to reveal the new website, ft. resources based on our research – conducted with – into how writers (and readers) experience the presence, agency and voices of their characters. Dive in at writersinnervoices.com…

The home of Writers' Inner Voices, a collaborative research project between the Edinburgh International Book Festival and Hearing the Voice (Durham University) which explores the ways in which writers and storytellers experience their characters.

13/05/2020

Do you hear voices? Or support someone who does? In this intro to , Wenda and Stephen share their thoughts on the parts of our website for voice-hearers, their families and health professionals they found most helpful http://understandingvoices.com

13/05/2020

**CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS**

Have you ever taken the psychedelic brew ? Have you ever heard voices during this experience? If so, you might be interested in participating in our Voice-Hearing Experiences Among Ayahuasca Users study!

https://tinyurl.com/ayahuasca-study

13/05/2020

From today we may be allowed to exercise a little more, but many of us will still occupy narrow horizons. Today's postcard from Dr Marco Bernini offers a filmic take on our changed perspectives on life.

Read all the postcards, and an important acknowledgment that our experiences of 'work' and 'home' are different and often difficult, at https://readdurhamenglish.wordpress.com/2020/04/07/read-at-home-postcards-from-our-remote-academic-community/

(cc Institute for Medical Humanities Hearing the Voice, Durham University)

27/04/2020

Research on writers appearing at the Edinburgh international book festival reveals 63% listen to their creations, and 61% feel they have their own agency