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Delayed Echolalia

MedGen UID:
1841793
•Concept ID:
C5826969
•
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
HPO: HP:5200071

Definition

Repetition of borrowed words or phrases outside of the context in which they were originally heard. E.g., scripting from TV shows or movies. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVDelayed Echolalia

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

From lumping to splitting and back again: atypical social and language development in individuals with clinical-high-risk for psychosis, first episode schizophrenia, and autism spectrum disorders.
Solomon M, Olsen E, Niendam T, Ragland JD, Yoon J, Minzenberg M, Carter CS
Schizophr Res 2011 Sep;131(1-3):146-51. Epub 2011 Mar 31 doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2011.03.005. PMID: 21458242Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

From lumping to splitting and back again: atypical social and language development in individuals with clinical-high-risk for psychosis, first episode schizophrenia, and autism spectrum disorders.
Solomon M, Olsen E, Niendam T, Ragland JD, Yoon J, Minzenberg M, Carter CS
Schizophr Res 2011 Sep;131(1-3):146-51. Epub 2011 Mar 31 doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2011.03.005. PMID: 21458242Free PMC Article
Effects of high and low constraint utterances on the production of immediate and delayed echolalia in young children with autism.
Rydell PJ, Mirenda P
J Autism Dev Disord 1994 Dec;24(6):719-35. doi: 10.1007/BF02172282. PMID: 7844096
Analysis of functions of delayed echolalia in autistic children.
Prizant BM, Rydell PJ
J Speech Hear Res 1984 Jun;27(2):183-92. doi: 10.1044/jshr.2702.183. PMID: 6738028
Autistic children's hand preferences: results from an epidemiological study of infantile autism.
Gillberg C
Psychiatry Res 1983 Sep;10(1):21-30. doi: 10.1016/0165-1781(83)90025-2. PMID: 6580656

Therapy

Effects of a computer-based intervention program on the communicative functions of children with autism.
Hetzroni OE, Tannous J
J Autism Dev Disord 2004 Apr;34(2):95-113. doi: 10.1023/b:jadd.0000022602.40506.bf. PMID: 15162930

Clinical prediction guides

The Influence of Language Context on Repetitive Speech Use in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Gladfelter A, VanZuiden C
Am J Speech Lang Pathol 2020 Feb 7;29(1):327-334. Epub 2020 Jan 31 doi: 10.1044/2019_AJSLP-19-00003. PMID: 32004083
Delayed echolalia in autism: some observations on differences within the term.
Dyer C, Hadden AJ
Child Care Health Dev 1981 Nov-Dec;7(6):331-45. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1981.tb00850.x. PMID: 7326840

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