At the time, some maintained that " Stein's audiences by and large did not understand her lectures . " Some of those in the psychiatric community weighed in, judging that Stein suffered from a speech disorder, palilalia, which caused her " to stutter over words and phrases ".
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"' Complex phonic tics "'include echolalia ( repeating words just spoken by someone else ), palilalia ( repeating one's own previously spoken words ), lexilalia ( repeating words after reading them ), and coprolalia ( the spontaneous utterance of socially objectionable or taboo words or phrases ).
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Other features that are noted during attacks include mutism, palilalia, eye blinking, lacrimation, pupil dilation, drooling, respiratory dyskinesia, increased blood pressure and heart rate, facial flushing, headache, vertigo, anxiety, agitation, compulsive thinking, paranoia, depression, recurrent fixed ideas, depersonalization, violence, and obscene language.
