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/ˌɛkəlˈeɪliə/
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NOUN
- (psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia)
- an infant's repetition of sounds uttered by others
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- His voice is R. Kelly on a hit of helium or Prince stricken with echolalia, the compulsion to repeat words. Album review of 'Love King' by The-Dream
- Complex tics might include jumping, smelling objects, touching the nose, touching other people, coprolalia, echolalia, or self-harming behaviors.
- One theory of sleep is that dreams are just a nighttime hallucination that the brain simply strings together into a meaningful narrative, which means that all of the sleep talking Liz is hearing on the video playback is just a series of words, echolalia from the day tossed together with her own mind making connections. Intersomnolence
- Stupor or catalepsy, mutism, posturing/grimacing/stereotypy, echolalia or echopraxia and excessive motor activity were the main catatonic features.
- They may echo the last few words of someone else's sentence, a condition known as echolalia, or they may not talk at all. Using Drugs to Fight Autism
- Be alert to use of verbalisms and echolalia and consult with a speech/language therapist when in doubt.
- Stupor or catalepsy, mutism, posturing/grimacing, stereotypy, echolalia or echopraxia and excessive motor activity were the main catatonic features.
- Many children with autism do not develop speech and other children with the disorder often exhibit unusual speech patterns such as echolalia or the repetition of what has been heard.
- The imitative behavior of echolalia and echopraxia can be understood as an attempt to introject the object.
- Three patients were found to respond to the fenfluramine therapy with reduction in echolalia, perseveration and motor disturbances and an increase in attention and social awareness.