Echolalia Is a Speech Pattern in Which People ________

question 138

Multiple Choice

Echolalia is a speech pattern in which people ________.

• A) stutter repeatedly when they get nervous or anxious
• B) hear every sound multiple times as if each sound were accompanied by a repetitive echo
• C) repeat words that are said to them
• D) imitate the physical gestures of other people around them

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