Abstract:In recent years, great progress has been made in the clinical application of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in the treatment of auditory hallucinations.Recent studies have shown that some specific stimulation modes and targets of transcranial magnetic stimulation(TMS) can improve the auditory hallucinatory of schizophrenic patients. In general, the preferred targets are thought to be the temporoparietal area and the dorsolateral prefrontal area. Low-frequency stimulation of the left temporoparietal junction cortex is the first choice for adjunctive treatment of auditory verbal hallucination (AVH) and its efficacy is relatively clear. However, due to the lack of evidence-based medical evidence currently, such as large-scale randomized controlled trial (RCT), as well as the lack of objective and powerful tools for evaluating the efficacy of TMS, the clinical application of rTMS for auditory hallucination symptoms is still in a wait-and-see phase. This article reviews the research progress of TMS in the treatment of AVH in recent years from the aspects of rTMS stimulation targets, continuous theta burst stimulation, enhancement regimens of rTMS for AVH treatment, and deep TMS， in order to promote the clinical understanding that rTMS is an effective attempt to intervene in auditory hallucinations, and provide research directions for evidence-based medicine such as large-scale RCT and the establishment of evaluation methods for objective efficacy in the future.