I'm trying to help a friend sort out her symptoms as they relate to her recent diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia. She has a lot of questions, specifically about the manner in which she perceives her auditory hallucinations:

Is it possible for people experiencing auditory hallucinations to hear them in stereo? Is it more common for the voices to be perceived as coming from a specific direction? Are the hallucinations clearly audible or a non-directional thought-like perception?

She's almost unable to describe what she hears. From what I can gather, it's almost as if the voices she hears don't come from any particular direction, but sometimes she makes it seem as if they're coming from a specific place. (She will turn her head upon hearing them)

In your experiences, of course. Thanks in advance