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Echolalia

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Some people with vocal tics will repeat their own or other people's words or sentences (echolalia) or using obscene words, having swearing outbursts, or generally uncontrolled vulgar language (coprolalia).

 


Echolalia The pathological, parrotlike, and apparently senseless repetition (echoing) of a word or phrase just spoken by another person. echolalia Parrot-like repetition of overheard words or fragments of speech.

echolalia
ek leli noun the repetition of words spoken by another person
echopraxia ...

Echolalia
stereotyped repetition of another person's words or phrases
Executive function ...

Echolalia: The involuntary parrotlike repetition (echoing) of a word or phrase just spoken by another person. Echolalia is a feature of schizophrenia (especially the catatonic form), Tourette syndrome, and some other disorders.

Echolalia . Echoing, or repeating back, what has been heard. For example in Autism . Without persistent training, echoing other people's phrases may be the only language that people with autism ever acquire.

Echolalia, i.e., repeating another person's words and phrases, without regard to their meaning
Restricted activities and interests: ...

Echolalia - The automatic repetition of vocalizations made by another person.
Eye Tracking - Refer to the definition for the Optokinetic reflex.

Echolalia
The repetition of speech just spoken by somebody else in an involuntary and meaningless way. People with echolalia may repeat a word, phrase, or entire sentences.

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Or a child may continuously repeat words he or she has heard, a condition called echolalia. Immediate echolalia occurs when the child repeats words someone has just said. For example, the child may respond to a question by asking the same question.

Parroting words or phrases (echolalia)
Language skills below the expected level for their age.
The cause is unexplained in most cases ...

Repeating words or phrases back rather than responding appropriately to conversation (known as echolalia)
Showing pleasure (laughing) or distress (crying) for reasons not apparent to others
Insisting on sameness, resisting change ...

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Definitions:
1. A form of psychopathology, usually associated with schizophrenia, in which the words (echolalia) or actions (echopraxia) of another are imitated and repeated.
The information shown above for echopathy is provided by Stedman's.

Positive signs: disorganized speech, disorganized or catatonic behavior, excessive motor activity that is apparently purposeless, echolalia or echopraxia
Negative signs: flat affect, motor immobility, mutism, and maintenance of a rigid posture ...

is delayed or does not develop language
once language is developed, does not use language to communicate with others
has echolalia (repeats words or phrases repeatedly, like an echo)
demonstrates repetitive behaviors ...

say a word or phrase repeatedly (“echolalia')
have trouble understanding subtleties in language, like jokes
repeat a motion, such as rocking or flapping his hands or spinning in circles
have unusual rituals or ways of playing with toys ...

Can't speak (mutism)
Decreased ability to read or write
Difficulty finding a word
Difficulty speaking or understanding speech (aphasia)
Repeat anything spoken to them (echolalia)
Shrinking vocabulary
Weak, uncoordinated speech sounds ...

No babbling, pointing, or other gestures by 12 months
No single words by 16 months
No 2-word spontaneous phrases by 24 months, with the exception of repeated phrases (echolalia)
Any loss of any language or social skills at any age ...

Some ASD children parrot what they hear, a condition called echolalia. Although many children without ASD go through a stage where they repeat what they hear, it normally passes by three years of age.

Repetitive phrases are sometimes common with autism. This is called echolalia. Difficulty understanding sarcasm and humor is common because they interpret communication word for word and fail to catch the implied meaning.

repeating words spoken by self (palilalia) or others (echolalia); repeatedly asking the same questions
coprolalia (repeatedly speaking obscenities) or copropraxia (repeatedly making obscene gestures) ...

Perhaps the most dramatic and disabling tics are those that result in self-harm such as punching oneself in the face, or vocal tics including coprolalia (uttering swear words) or echolalia (repeating the words or phrases of others).

to speak never develops in approximately one-half of affected children. In others, the child is able to speak, but language is not used as a tool for communication (eg, it consists of repeating phrases or words spoken by others, called echolalia).

Vocal tics may also be present such as barking, throat clearing, squealing, repetition of one's own sounds (palilalia) or the sounds of others (echolalia), and explosive, involuntary cursing (coprolalia).

Speech distortions can involve words mixed together in no coherent order, responses that are irrelevant and strange in the context of the conversation in which they occur, or echolalia, the repetition of another person's exact spoken words, ...

known as stereotyped behaviors, such as repeating words, obsessively following a routine or always arranging objects exactly the same way.
Mimicking speech or movement. A person may repeatedly say a word just spoken by someone else (echolalia) ...

See also: Symptom, Stress, Aging, Anxiety, Autism

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