Эхолалия (Echolalia)

Echolalia is the pathological repetition of words spoken by another person. Echolalia can be a symptom of a variety of disorders, including language disorders, autism, catatonia, or Gilles de la Tourette syndrome.

With echolalia, a person mechanically repeats words and phrases he hears, often without understanding their meaning. Echolalia may present with immediate or delayed recurrence. In immediate echolalia, words or phrases are repeated immediately after they are spoken by another person. With delayed echolalia, recurrence occurs after some time, sometimes after hours or even days.

Symptoms similar to echolalia are echopraxia and echokinesia. Echopraxia is a pathological imitation of the movements of another person. Echokinesia is the repetition of someone else's actions with objects. Like echolalia, echopraxia and echokinesia can be symptoms of catatonia.

Echolalia is the pathological repetition of words spoken by another person. Echolalia can be a symptom of various disorders, such as:

1. Language disorder. In speech disorders, echolalia often manifests itself in the form of repeating the last words of the interlocutor.

2. Autism. Autistic children experience delayed echolalia - the repetition of phrases heard previously. This is one of the characteristic signs of autism.

3. Catatonia. In the catatonic form of schizophrenia, immediate echolalia is observed, when the patient immediately repeats the words of the interlocutor.

4. Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome. Echolalia may be one of the motor tics in this disease.

Echopraxia and echokinesia are close to echolalia - pathological imitation of the actions of another person. They can also be seen in catatonia and some other disorders.

Thus, echolalia is an important diagnostic sign of a number of mental and neurological diseases. Timely recognition of echolalia helps to correctly diagnose and prescribe adequate treatment.

Echolalia is a phenomenon where a person unconsciously repeats words spoken in front of him. This feature can occur in children with speech impairments as a response to the words of their interlocutor. Echolagia in an adult is a manifestation of pathology. Depending on the reason, it may be verbose or wordless.