In what ways can someone be echolalia?

Answer 1

People who are ecolalic generally repeat the same phrases you have just said, but they do it repeatedly until someone says something else that piques their interest.

They may also have repeated facial tics and wave their hands alot and not really have eye to eye contact.

Answer 2

Echolalia is the repetitive vocalizations made by another person. It is most associated with people with autism, but it can also be present in Tourette syndrome, developmental disability, and schizophrenia.

Echolalia is when a word or phrase is immediately repeated (i.e. Someone asks, "What's your name?" The person replies, "What's your name?" ). This form of echolalia can be a form or way to process the conversation in the person's mind. Another form of echolalia is when a person echoes a phrase or even an entire conversation (like from a movie or t.v. show) This form appears to tap into the long-term memory of a person who appears to have a higher than average intellect.

Answer 3

A person repeats what they hear without it being meaningful or as a means of self-talk.

Example 1: Do you want to go to the store? The person replies - Do you want to go to the store? They say nothing further. They are just repeating what they heard and aren't making any sense of it.

Example 2: Do you want to go to the store? The person replies - Do you want to go to the store? and then thinks Do? Do I what? Then says again - Do I want to go to the store? then they think do I want? do I want what? Then they say - Do I want to go to the store? then they think - do I want to go? do I want to go where?

Each time they repeat it they are figuring out more about what the sentence means. They can't think in their head - they have to hear the sentence said out loud.

Answer 4

This more of a medical question seeing it's related to vocal autism and the repetition of vocal sounds.