Management of palilalia with a pacing board.
Palilalia is a speaking disorder that has been likened to the festinating gait of Parkinsonian patients. This report describes a pacing device developed as a means of controlling the severely palilalic output of one patient. The device is a modeled after Luria's suggestion that a treatment program for such patients can be developed successfully by transferring automatic motor acts to a conscious, reactive level.
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D013070:Speech Therapy / Q000379:methods*