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.
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Nancy A. Helm (1979) studied this question.