There are two main categories of echolalia: functional (or interactive) echolalia, and non-interactive echolalia, where the sounds or words may only be for personal use instead of communication. Consulting a language pathologist can help. Identifying why and how your child is using echolalia will help you develop a treatment plan for it. It’s common for autistic children or developmental delays to have echolalia further into childhood, especially if they’re experiencing delayed speech development. By age 3, most children’s echolalia will be minimal at most. By the age of 2, most children will start mixing in their own utterances along with repetitions of what they hear. Repetitive speech is an extremely common part of language development, and is commonly seen in young toddlers who are learning to communicate. In this case, they speaker has no control over what they say or when they say it. In many cases, echolalia is an attempt to communicate, learn language, or practice language.Įcholalia is different from Tourette syndrome, where a speaker may suddenly yell or say random things as part of their tic. For example, someone with echolalia might only be able to repeat a question rather than answer it.
They may not be able to communicate effectively because they struggle to express their own thoughts. People with echolalia repeat noises and phrases that they hear.
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