When a person experiences auditory hallucinations, the sounds they hear are perceived as real, even though they are not generated by any external stimuli. The sounds can be voices, music, noises, or any other type of auditory perception. The key aspect of auditory hallucinations is that the person hears these sounds without any external source causing them.
If someone wears earplugs while experiencing auditory hallucinations, the hallucinated sounds will likely still be present. Earplugs only block external sounds from reaching the ears, but they do not prevent internal perceptions or hallucinations.
Auditory hallucinations are a product of the brain's neural activity and are not influenced by physical barriers like earplugs. Therefore, the sounds experienced during auditory hallucinations would still be heard by the person, even if they are wearing earplugs. In other words, the hallucinations are not a result of external sounds but rather a misinterpretation of neural signals within the brain itself.