How To Diagnose And Treat Echolalia

Encourage Other Communication Methods

Encouraging other communication methods with someone suffering from echolalia is important. It can be very frustrating to think about what you want to say in your head and not be able to properly communicate it. Sometimes individuals with echolalia will simply not speak because it is too hard and frustrating. This is when others should have a backup plan to help them communicate, even if its one word at a time. The person needs to know someone will wait as long as it takes and help them in any way they can, so they can tell you what they are thinking. Without support, patients with echolalia can feel isolated or embarrassed and fall into depression or suffer from anxiety. Other ways of communication could mean sign language, writing, visual cues, and more.