I'm talking actual sound quality. I've been hearing men talk down hallways and in next rooms for a few years now (and I'm only accounting for the times it definitely could NOT have been a real person. I was alone in houses too far from the nearest neighbors for it to have been anyone). It's always been muffled. I didn't think much about it because it never disrupted my life. In the last few weeks, I've been hearing men and women speaking directly to me. Like calling my name to come to another room or to look at something. A few days ago, I was cooking when I heard a woman whisper my name in my ear clear as day. I was just shrugging them off until last night. I woke up when I heard a woman screaming. It sounded like it was right there in the room but, again, there was no woman. I woke my fiance up because I thought maybe there was someone in the house, but he didn't hear anything. I've always heard that schizophrenic voices are an in the head kind of thing. These are very external. They don't sound like thoughts. They sound like people right there in the house talking to me but with no visuals.