Taxonomy of Christian voice-hearing experiences (after Cook 2020)
| Category | Frequency | Context | Affect | Identity |
| Conversion | Once in a lifetime/infrequent | Conversion experience | Positive | Usually understood to be God (or Jesus or the Holy Spirit) |
| Calling | Vocational decision | |||
| Crisis | Life/death crises | |||
| Comfort | Difficult circumstances | |||
| Confirming/clarifying | Uncertainty | |||
| Communications | May be infrequent or ongoing | Wider relevance | May be positive or negative | May be God, another personal spiritual being (good or evil), or an alter ego |
| Conversational | Inner dialogue | |||
| Usually more frequent/everyday | Prayer | |||
| Companions | Daily life |