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Inner voices When I read David Hambling’s article ‘Listening to the voice within’ [FT423:16], I became conscious that my ‘inner voice’ was reading the piece aloud in my mind. Obviously I’ve had this realisation before; I decided to ask my wife if she also had an inner voice when reading. After her slightly perplexed reaction to being asked such a question, she used my FT to read some words and agreed she did. This made we wonder how people with anauralia [mind deafness] manage to read anything. My inner voice seems integral to reading, but I can become unconscious of it just like with breathing. I can change the accent to be anything I want, but I can’t read without ‘hearing’ it, so how does someone read with “The Quiet”?…

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