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What is ecolalia,? symptons/signs,and treatment/prevention?

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09:42 Jul 21, 2004
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English term or phrase: What is ecolalia,? symptons/signs,and treatment/prevention?
Please tell me in English What is ecolia, symptons/signs, causes and treatment/prevention? At what age does it occur? Is it curable?
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English translation:echolalia
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do you mean echolalia?

If so, why not type it into e.g. www.google.co.uk and see for yourself (select 'pages from the UK' to get English pages only).
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Cilian O'Tuama
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5 +8echolalia
Cilian O'Tuama
5Repetition of something said by another person, parrot-fashion
Paul Dixon
4the following is based on my experience.... [it will not apply to every child]kellyn
2 +1Dorland's says
Jonathan MacKerron


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what is ecolalia,? symptons/signs,and treatment/prevention?
echolalia


Explanation:
do you mean echolalia?

If so, why not type it into e.g. www.google.co.uk and see for yourself (select 'pages from the UK' to get English pages only).

Cilian O'Tuama
Local time: 20:35
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agree  Jonathan MacKerron: no wonder I couldn't find it, Webster says "the often pathological repetition of what is said by other people as if echoing them"
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  -> exactly, the often pathological repetition of what is said by other people as if echoing them :-)
agree  xxxElena Sgarbo: Yes, echolalia, typical of Tourette's syndrome and other mental disorders
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agree  Elena Petelos: ...but not Spanish word Jonathan!!! Greek!
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agree  Asghar Bhatti
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agree  J. Leo: also with autism: http://groups.msn.com/TheAutismHomePage/echolaliafacts.msnw
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agree  Alfa Trans
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agree  Rusinterp
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agree  Nanny Wintjens
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
what is ecolalia,? symptons/signs,and treatment/prevention?
Dorland's says


Explanation:
"stereotyped repetition of another person's words or phrases, seen in catatonic schizophrenia, Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome, and neurological disorders such as transcortical aphasia; called also echophrasia."

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Note added at 16 mins (2004-07-21 09:58:49 GMT)
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this reference is meant to bolster Cilian\'s answer

Jonathan MacKerron
Local time: 20:35
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agree  Rusinterp
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what is ecolalia,? symptons/signs,and treatment/prevention?
the following is based on my experience.... [it will not apply to every child]


Explanation:

I don't want to alarm anyone by mentioning autism, because I am POSITIVE that a child can exhibit echolalia without being an autistic child.

However, I work in the Special Education department of a public school district, and I have participated many times as a translator-interpreter between parents and psychologists during the assessments of young preschool age children.

Most of the experiences that I have had with echolalia is with children who are autistic. (however, as I said before, there can be other causes, such as simply a low level of language development)

To give an idea of what echolalia can "look like," imagine this:

you say to a child, "hi sweetheart, how are you today?"

and the child glances at you (but usually autistic children don't sustain eye contact - their eye contact is usually fleeting), and then the child replies IN THE EXACT TONE AND RHYTHM that you used:
"hi sweetheart, how are you today?"

Yet, you KNOW that this is not a "smart-ass" remark or a child trying to be funny by repeating you. The child will either look as if what he said was a totally logical reply, or - more likely - he will look as if he doesn't even know that he has spoken (in other words, as if the words were played back to you by some tape recorder in the child's mind without the child knowing this or controlling it).

There is also such a thing as "delayed echolalia." This occurs when the child hears a comment or a song or something on TV, and then the child will (apparently randomly) repeat the comment hours or even days later. For example, if Grandma asked the child "do you want a cookie?" about THREE DAYS AGO, then suddenly today, for no apparent reason, the child may just be sitting somewhere or playing, and you will hear the child say "do you want a cookie?"

The treatment for echolalia will depend on the child and the severity of their diagnosis. If the child is not autistic, then probably the child will be enrolled in some type of speech therapy, where the therapist will use modeling, vocabulary development, and other activities to give the child more appropriate methods of communicating. For young children with speech delays, a "rich language environment" is usually what they need most.

For autistic children, a very popular and apparently successful technique nowadays is Applied Behavior Analysis, or ABA. ABA can also be used with ANY child, whether the child is autistic or not.

I personally find ABA to be a very interesting topic. I have only participated in one seminar on ABA, but it was fascinating. ABA basically attempts to modify (change) a behavior using a logical process which is then customized to each child.

I'm no authority on ABA, but I would highly recommend that you do a little research on it. Hopefully you'll find it fascinating like I did.

http://rsaffran.tripod.com/aba.html

http://www.polyxo.com/fba/

kellyn
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what is ecolalia,? symptons/signs,and treatment/prevention?
Repetition of something said by another person, parrot-fashion


Explanation:
From the site www.learningdisabilities.org.uk:

Echolalia

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

A similar disorder is echopraxia (repetition of movements).

Ecolalia is very common in autistic patients, and can be immediate or delayed:

Says the site www.autisticsociety.org:

Echolalia is the repetition or echoing of verbal utterances made by another person. Up to 75% of verbal persons with autism exhibit echolalia in some form. There are two types of echolalia: immediate echolalia and delayed echolalia.

The researchers have determined that immediate echolalia often was used with clear evidence of purposeful communication.

Immediate echolalia appears to tap into the person's short-term memory for auditory input. This is defined as the repetition of a word or phrase just spoken by another person.

Immediate echolalia may be used with no intent or purpose or may have a very specific purpose for the individual.

Immediate echolalia may also be used to initiate or maintain interaction or may be used in a noninteractive manner. Knowing the person very well would appear to be the key to understanding their specific use of immediate echolalia.

Delayed echolalia has been defined as the "echoing of a phrase after some delay or lapse of time". Persons with autism who repeat TV commercials, favorite movie scripts, or parental reprimands come to mind when describing delayed echolalia.

Delayed echolalia appears to tap into long-term auditory memory, and for this reason, may be a different phenomenon from immediate echolalia. Because it can involve the recitation of entire scripts, delayed echolalia, is often thought to denote evidence of near-genius intellect.

There are two described categories of delayed echolalia: noncommunicative repetition and communicative repetition.

Delayed echolalia may be interactive or noninteractive and may be used with no intent or purpose or may have a very specific purpose for the individual.



    Reference: http://www.learningdisabilities.org.uk/wordbank.cfm?wordid=6...
    Reference: http://www.autisticsociety.org
Paul Dixon
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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