Clairaudience

Clairaudience is the psychic ability to hear what people outside natural hearing range are saying inside one's mind. This is merely an aspect of another psychic ability such as Sensing or Empathy rather than a separate power.

Power Information

 * Effects: Mentally hear what people outside normal hearing range are saying
 * Trigger: Using another psychic ability
 * Alignment: Good
 * Category: Passive aspect of Sensing and Empathy

Sensing a Charge
Through their power of Sensing, Whitelighters and Cupids can psychically hear their charges speak, even if they are miles away. This aspect allows charges to communicate with them by first calling their name to draw their attention. They can also put charges on mute when they want to, just like Chris did when he heard Phoebe calling for him.

During one of Piper and Leo's heated arguments, Wyatt used his magic to swap their powers, giving Piper all of Leo's powers, including the power to sense his charges. Using his sensing ability, Piper could hear Phoebe calling out to her for help.

Empathy
A by-product of channeling heightened emotions is psychically hearing the being(s) you are channeling speak even if they are outside natural hearing range.

This will drive a human being insane if they obtain Empathy but was never destined to have it. They will fight against the emotions and the voice in their heat, but it will ultimately kill them unless the power is withdrawn. However, with guidance from a true Empath a human can learn to control the power, turning it on and off at will.

One notable instance of Clairaudience was when Prue Halliwell gained the power unnaturally. During her brief time as an Empath, she was able to hear the arguments people were having all over the city. This was due to Prue's Empathy picked up on the intense emotions behind the angry words people were shouting at each other.

While humans can learn to embrace the emotions and the voices connected to them, demons will not be able to. The crushing weight of human emotions and the voice connected to them will drive a demon insane, but not kill them. Vinceres is a prime example of this, he was driven insane but was able to fight the effects to stay alive.

Note

 * This power is not to be confused with Telepathy (the power to hear someone's thoughts) or Super Hearing.