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Knowing the prevalence and characteristics of auditory verbal hallucinations ( AVH ) in adolescents is important for estimations of need for mental health care and assessment of psychosis risk. In this report we assess the prevalence of  AVH  in a population‐based sample of 16–19 years old Norwegian adolescents (n = 9,646, 46.4% male) using two items assessing  AVH  (from the extended Launay‐Slade Hallucination Scale). The prevalence of hearing a voice speaking thoughts aloud was 10.6%. The prevalence of being troubled by voices was 5.3%, showing that negative emotionality about  AVH  is less frequent than the experience of hearing voices. Female respondents had slightly increased risk for being troubled by voices than males ( odds ratio  = 1.3), while age did not modulate prevalence. This  AVH  prevalence is in line with earlier reports in smaller samples of adolescents and indicates that  AVH  are not uncommon in this period of life. Further longitudinal studies are needed to investigate the value of  AVH  in predicting psychiatric disorder.

Prevalence of auditory hallucinations in Norwegian adolescents: Results from a population‐based study