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Stuttering is a complex speech disorder, associated with at least three neurological abnormalities:Overactive speech motor activity. When we stutter, we have too much speech muscle movement. Reducing these muscle movements is the goal of fluency shaping therapy.Underactive auditory processing. There's something wrong with how stutterers hear our voices. Altered auditory feedback (AAF) stimulates our auditory processing and enables us to control our speech.Dopamine. This neurotransmitter affects our response to stress, and makes certain behaviors compulsive when we try to avoid them. Therapy can be behavioral or medications.This answer is about stuttering treatments from school-age to adulthood. For preschool stuttering see the Lidcombe Program.#1 - Fluency Shaping TherapyIn this section, we’ll look at overactive speech motor activity and its treatment with fluency shaping therapy.Overactive Speech Motor ActivityWhen we stutter, we have too much muscle movement in our respiration, vocal folds, and lips, jaw, and tongue. In particular, the <em>core behavior</em> of stuttering is tensing our vocal folds too much when we switch from voiceless consonants such as s to vowels and voiced consonants. For example, I might say “s- s- s- snow” instead of “snow.” A listener might say that I stuttered on the s, but I said the s just great! Four times! What I couldn’t do was switch on my vocal folds from the voiceless s to the voiced n. I start to switch on my vocal fold vibration or phonation, tense my vocal folds too much, and lock my throat.Vocal folds are the most difficult muscles to control. We can’t see or touch them. Few people are even aware that they have vocal folds. We vibrate our vocal folds around 125 times per second, if you're a man, or around 200 times per second if you're a woman. This is far faster than we can consciously control a muscle. To produce phonation you must coordinate several complex muscle actions. You must relax your vocal folds, then release air from your lungs (not too much!), then gently tense your vocal folds until they vibrate, then release more air and increase the muscle tension to speak at your target volume and intonation. All this in two-tenths of a second!Stutterers also have secondary behaviors in which we overtense other muscles in our faces, necks, or elsewhere in our bodies.In contrast, other speech disorders, such as speech disorders associated with Parkinson’s disease, have too little motor activity, causing the person to speak too quietly or not articulate clearly.“Two Hands” FluencyTry the “Two Hands” fluency technique. Place one hand on your diaphragm, just above your stomach. Breathe in so that your hand moves out. Breathe out so that your hand moves in. This is called diaphragmatic breathing, and feels relaxing. If your hand moves in when your breathe in and your hand moves out when you breathe out, you’re doing upper-chest thoracic breathing, which will make you feel tense.Now place your other hand with your fingers on the throat. Hum or say “ahhhhh.” You should feel your vocal folds vibrate. Slowly say, “I am an American” (or another nationality). Feel your vocal folds vibrate to produce the vowels and voiced consonants, and stop vibrating when you produce voiceless consonants and pauses between words.Now slow down by stretching your vowels, increasing the time you feel your vocal folds vibrating. Join your words to eliminate pauses between words. Lastly, substitute voiced consonants for voiceless consonants, for example b for p, so that “Pasquale’s Pizza” becomes “Basdahllee’s Bizza.” You should now be able to say entire sentences with your vocal folds continuously vibrating. This is called continuous phonation.If you combine relaxed, diaphragmatic breathing with relaxed, slow speech with stretched vowels and continuous phonation, you should never stutter.Let’s try one more fluency shaping technique, called gentle onsets or easy onsets. Again, place your fingers on your throat so that you feel your vocal folds vibrating. Breathe with your diaphragm and release a little air from your lungs. Now gently make a quiet “ahhh” sound. Increase your volume to a normal speaking level, and then bring your volume back down low, and stop. This is a voice curve.Now do another gentle onset but instead of “ahhh” say a word. If the word starts with a voiceless consonant such as s or t say it it lightly and move on to the vowel. Start each word quietly with just a little air, then increase to a normal speaking volume and normal airflow.Practice and ExaggerateIf you’re a severe stutterer you may have to stretch your vowels as much as ten times slower to speak fluently, but slow speech is faster than stuttering. Over time your speech will improve until you can speak at a “slow normal” speaking rate, which makes you sound confident and clear.Find situations where you can use fluency shaping techniques in conversations. My favorite is to slow way down when talking to telemarketers!Losing Control of Your SpeechWhen I learned fluency shaping techniques, I could speak fluently in the speech clinic but when I stepped out the door I reverted to severe stuttering.I couldn’t use fluency shaping techniques in conversations. Then one day a telephone malfunctioned and I heard my voice echoed back to my ear. I was able to use fluency shaping techniques on that call and for the rest of the day. I discovered that delayed auditory feedback (DAF) gave me the control to use fluency shaping techniques in conversations. The combination of fluency shaping techniques with altered auditory feedback (AAF) was the biggest change in my life. More about this in the next chapter!The Big PictureOveractive speech motor (muscle) activity is one of at least three neurological abnormalities associated with stuttering. Fluency shaping therapy corrects speech motor overactivity. There are at least two neurological abnormalities that fluency shaping therapy doesn’t correct, so fluency shaping therapy is a necessary part of stuttering treatment but it’s not a complete stuttering treatment. I think of fluency shaping therapy as the foundation that you will continue to build on. The next four chapters will build the rest of your house of fluency!Further ResourcesMy free e-book Fluency Shaping Stuttering Therapy–Techniques and Theory (80 pages).The reviews on my website of the Hollins Communications Institute.From Stuttering to Fluent Speech, 6,300 Cases Later: Unlocking Muscle Mischief, by Ronald L. Webster (232 pages).#2 - Altered Auditory FeedbackIn this section we’ll look at underactive auditory processing and its treatment with altered auditory feedback devices.Underactive Auditory ProcessingDo you have difficulty hearing people in noisy restaurants?Do car alarms and other noises annoy you?Can you read a foreign language but can’t understand people speaking the language?Underactive auditory processing is associated with stuttering. There appears to be something wrong with how we hear our voices. Specifically, we seem to have an inability to integrate how we hear our voices and how we feel our muscles moving.Altered auditory feedback (AAF) changes how we hear our voices and increases blood flow to our auditory processing area. Stutterers immediately talk fluently, without training, therapy, talking abnormally slowly or sounding abnormal. It’s as if a switch is flipped in the brain.The Edinburgh MaskerThe Edinburgh Masker was developed in 1979. The device synthesized a sine wave matching the user’s phonation frequency. This sounded like humming in tune with your voice. The user wore a throat microphone, earphones, and a small electronic device.Many stutterers found that the Edinburgh Masker changed their lives. Some continue to use the devices 35 years later. Others found that their speech gradually improved over time and they no longer needed the device. Still others found that the effectiveness of the device “wore off” over time and they stopped using it.These different outcomes make sense if we believe that stuttering is associated with more than one neurological abnormality. The Edinburgh Masker simulates auditory processing but has no effect on speech motor activity. Stutterers who combined an Edinburgh Masker with fluency shaping therapy would have corrected two neurological abnormalities and experienced positive long-term results. In contrast, stutterers who used an Edinburgh Maskers to talk faster may have made their overactive speech motor control worse and experienced negative long-term effects.Delayed Auditory Feedback (DAF)Delayed auditory feedback (DAF) was discovered in 1965. The user speaks into a microphone and hears his or her voice back in headphones a fraction of a second later. DAF stimulates auditory processing and slows down the user’s speaking rate. Fluency shaping therapy was developed in the 1970s as a way to use DAF-like speech outside of the speech clinic, at a time when DAF devices weren’t portable.The combination of stimulating auditory processing and reducing speech motor activity makes DAF the most effective and popular form of AAF. DAF devices have become smaller and less conspicuous.A series of studies at East Carolina University in the 1990s using either laboratory-based professional audio equipment or Casa Futura Technologies devices found typically 70-80% immediate reduction in stuttering. Two studies of Casa Futura Technologies devices found more than 50% long-term carryover fluency, in other words, using the devices over several months resulted in the users’ needing the devices less and less. Over the past 25 years Casa Futura Technologies devices have helped more than 10,000 stutterers.In recent years, however, some companies have introduced poor-quality DAF devices and apps. These devices can deliver loud background noise while not capturing the user’s voice, or can distort the user’s voice behind recognition. The effectiveness of DAF depends on a high-quality microphone, earphones, computer, and software.Frequency-altered Auditory Feedback (FAF)Frequency-altered auditory feedback (FAF) changes the pitch of the user’s voice in his or her ears. Hearing one’s voice at a higher or lower pitch reduces stuttering equally, in the short-term. FAF can be combined with DAF, increasing the effectiveness.Low-pitched FAF helps stutterers to relax our breathing and slow down, reducing speech motor activity and leading to long-term fluency. High-pitched FAF has the opposite effect. Combining DAF with low-pitched FAF and fluency shaping therapy is what I recommend for immediate and long-term fluency.Biofeedback DevicesBiofeedback is the measurement and display to the user of a physical activity in realtime to improve the user’s awareness and control of the physical activity. The Computer Aided Fluency Establishment and Trainer (CAFET) was used by many speech clinics in the 1980s. Other studies have found electromyography (EMG) to be effective for stuttering therapy. More recent biofeedback research has focused on reducing the duration of phonated intervals.While promising, biofeedback devices have never become popular for stuttering treatment. The devices are generally large, complex, and expensive; and must be used with extensive training from a speech-language pathologist. Developing a biofeedback device that can measure the multiple physical activities that contribute to stuttering, and is small and inconspicuous to wear in daily conversations, is the future of stuttering therapy but appears to be beyond today’s technology.The Big PictureAAF affects a different neurological abnormality than fluency shaping therapy and other stuttering treatments. Asking whether AAF or fluency shaping therapy is better is like comparing apples and oranges. All evidence-based stuttering treatments can and should be combined. Treating one neurological abnormality while leaving others is a sure way to fail. In the next chapter we’ll look at a third neurological abnormality associated with stuttering: dopamine and its relation to stress, fears, and anxieties.Further ResourcesThe Casa Futura Technologies website has my blog posts about technology for stuttering treatment.A literature review of 17 studies of AAF devices. Lincoln, M., Packman, A., & Onslow, M. (2006) Altered auditory feedback and the treatment of stuttering: A review. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 31, 71-89.#3: Speech-Related Fears and AnxietiesIn this section we’ll look at dopamine and its relationship to stress and speech-related fears and anxieties.DopamineDopamine is a neurotransmitter associated with reward-motivated behavior, motor control, and the release of various hormones. Too much dopamine, or too much sensitivity to dopamine in particular areas of the brains, is associated with excessive motor activity. Tourette Syndrome, for example, is characterized by unwanted movements (tics) of the eyes, face, hands, feet, or vocalizations. Parkinson’s disease is caused by too little dopamine and results in a lack of facial movements, a shuffling gait, and a low vocal volume.The dopaminergic disorders include stuttering, Tourette Syndrome, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). These disorders manifest with certain types of stress (but not all types of stress). These disorders are compulsive (against the person’s will) and the harder one tries to avoid a behavior the more compulsive the behavior becomes. Hence in support groups members are encouraged to “let go” and manifest behaviors without fear of social stigma or fighting against the behavior.StressStuttering reduces stress. Specifically, stuttering reduces stutterers’ systolic blood pressure 10%. That’s more than some hypertension medications. But stuttering isn’t a good response to stress. Stuttering increases listeners’ systolic blood pressure. The listener’s increased stress can increase your stress, and you’re back where you started.There are many types of stress. Adrenaline reduces stuttering by competing with dopamine for binding sites on receptors. Physical stress, such as running or weightlifting, has no effect on stuttering. But other types of stress increase stuttering:Cognitive stress, for example, talking to someone who’s watching television. Consider how important the conversation is to you, and walk away if the person won’t give you their full attention.Time pressure. Trying to talk faster will have the opposite effect for a stutterer. Instead, slow down and you’ll stutter less. The tortoise beats the hare!Pragmatic speech is intended to cause another person to do a specific action, especially when you’re afraid the person will say no. Don’t try to “act casual,” as stuttering will belie your stress. Instead prepare your talking points in advance, use slow speech, and, finally, be willing to accept “no” with a “thank you” and a smile.Mirroring speech patterns is something everyone does. But you shouldn’t. If a person talks fast, slow down. If a person interrupts you, let them finish what they’re saying, then count to three before you start talking.Embarrassment and uncertainty multiples when we speak to an audience. Lack of feedback from listeners, e.g., talking on television, further increases stress. But acknowledgment ends embarrassment. E.g., if I can’t remember a person’s name I joke, “at my advanced age I can’t remember names.”Establishing status is stressful. For example, you find a large, muscular hoodlum sitting on your car. Talking slowly in a low, relaxed voice both reduces stuttering and communicates high status.Treating Stress in StutterersStress is sometimes defined as having more demands than resources. We wish we could reduce the demands, but often we don’t realize that we could more easily increase our resources. Before a job interview, for example, list all the resources you could use to reduce your stuttering:Practice answering questions aloud. Have a friend ask you why you want this job, what your biggest weakness is, etc.Use fluency shaping techniques, such as slow speech with stretched vowels, relaxing your breathing, and relaxing your vocal folds.Use a DAF/FAF anti-stuttering device.Start the job interview by saying that you stutter, and briefly talking about what you’re doing to improve your speech (speech therapy, support group, Toastmasters, etc.). This will reduce your listener’s stress.Make a stress hierarchy. Before the job interview, call your speech-language pathologist and leave a message on her answering machine (low stress). Then compliment the receptionist’s nails (medium stress). Chat with other applicants waiting for interviews (more stress).Social Anxiety DisorderIndividuals with this disorder, also called social phobia, experience fear and apprehension in social situations, especially of being embarrassed or humiliated by their own actions.A recent study found that 60% of adult stutterers have social anxiety disorder. One stuttering clinic has stutterers go to a shopping mall and approach strangers to ask questions. But if these stutterers had social anxiety disorder they wouldn’t be able to do this, suggesting that stutterers have something different. I believe that stutterers instead have speech-related fears and anxieties.Stuttering therapies of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s focused on reducing speech-related fears and anxieties because speech-language pathologists didn’t know how to help stutterers to talk fluently. These therapies, which include indirect therapy for children and voluntary stuttering and stuttering modification therapy for adults, have been proven to have no positive effects either psychologically or for improving speech. My personal experience was that when my speech improved my speech-related fears and anxieties went away. Speech-language pathologists have no training in treating psychological issues. Go to a speech-language pathologist to work on your speech; if you still have psychological issues, see a psychologist.Change vs. AcceptanceWe’re in a period when individuals are encouraged to accept their disabilities, even when the disability is treatable. “Self-improvement” or change is now suspect. But change and acceptance work together, in a virtuous circle. When I made a small improvement in my speech, I was more accepting of myself. I joined a stuttering support group and was willing to talk about my stuttering. This acceptance helped me to work harder in speech therapy and improve my speech more, which led to more acceptance.DenialIf you put more effort into denying that you have a disorder than the treatment would demand, then you have a denial problem.You might think that people who are in denial are lazy bums, but look again. Stutterers who are in denial work harder than stutterers who are open about their stuttering. For example, saying “the great American pastime” instead of “baseball.” That’s eight syllables instead of two, and some listeners won’t know what you’re talking about.Freedom to Speak—BadlyEuropeans will deny that they speak a foreign language unless they can speak it perfectly. Americans, in contrast, when visiting a foreign country happily use the six words of the language they remember from high school. The First Amendment of the United States Constitution is freedom of speech. Generations of Americans have fought for that right. Stick an American flag pin in your lapel and go out and speak—badly, if you have to.I found this in an article about Li Yang, the most successful English teacher in China:He pleads with students to “love losing face.…You have to make a lot of mistakes. You have to be laughed at by a lot of people. But that doesn’t matter, because your future is totally different from other people’s futures.”Tell Stuttering JokesHere’s my favorite:A stutterer goes away to a two-week intensive speech therapy course on the East Coast. When he returns, his friends ask how it went.The stutterer pauses, takes a deep breath, and slowly says, “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”His friends are amazed. “You said that completely fluently!” they say.The stutterer says, “Y-y-yeah b-b-but it’s, it’s h-h-hard t-t-to w-w-work th-that in-t-to a, a c-c-conversation.”The Big PictureYou always have choices. Circumstances may be beyond our control but how we respond is always our choice.Further ResourcesThe National Stuttering Association has local support groups and an annual convention.#4: Beyond Fluency Shaping TherapyIn this section, we’ll look at how motor learning and control can make fluent speech automatic and effortless. Every sports coach and physical therapist uses these techniques, but few speech-language pathologists know about them.Three Stages of Motor LearningIn the cognitive stage, you observe an instructor performing a motor skill that’s new to you. But speech-language pathologists may be the wrong people to model speech motor skills. When learning a new motor skill, novices learn best by observing another novice making mistakes, then getting it right. E.g., millions of people watch Michael Jordan play basketball, but few of his fans could go on a basketball court and repeat his moves.In the associative stage, you learn to perform and refine a new motor skill. You perform the skill slowly, with relaxed muscles. You use closed-loop motor control, i.e., you consciously observe and control your muscle movements.In the autonomous stage you move from closed-loop motor control to open-loop motor control. Open-loop motor control executes a learned program of muscle movements without feedback (observation) or conscious control of your muscle movements. Normal speech is open-loop.Autonomous stage motor learning results from practicing target muscle movements faster and harder, while making no errors, in stressful situations, with an ideal practice schedule, for about three million repetitions.Fluency shaping therapy stops with the associative stage, i.e., slow, relaxed fluent speech in a low-stress speech clinic. This would be like a tennis instructor stopping when you can bounce easy balls off your racquet. To make fluent speech automatic and effortless we have to then increase the force and speed of fluent speech motor movements.Increasing ForceProject your voice, without shouting or yelling. Increase your exhalation volume while keeping your vocal folds relaxed. This produces high volume with the intonations of normal conversational speech. Stage actors do this.Increase your onset speed while maintaining long syllable duration. Pretend that your forearm is a sports car’s accelerator. When your fist is up, your vocal volume is quiet. As you push your fist down, your volume increases. When your fist is all the way down, you’re at maximum volume. Listeners one hundred feet away should hear you.Slowly lower your fist to produce a gentle onset. Then slam your fist down fast to go from silence to maximum volume. Then hold that volume while stretching the vowel. Pull your fist up fast to end the word with speed. This is slow speech with maximum effort.Be careful not to damage your vocal folds. Stop if you feel hoarse or lose your voice.Increasing SpeedShorten syllable duration from two seconds, to one second, to one-half second, to one-quarter second “slow normal” speech. Practice this both with relaxed, quiet speech, and with loud, forceful speech. Use a practice word list.It’s hard to practice loud speech in a small room. The ideal place to practice is an empty auditorium. Have your speech-language pathologist sit in the back row. Stand on stage and project your voice to her. She yells, “Can’t hear you!” until you reach maximum volume.Another place to practice is on a freeway overpass. Demosthenes, the stutterer who became the greatest orator of ancient Greece, projected his voice over breaking waves at the seashore. Project your voice over the waves of traffic.Reinforcing On-Target SpeechIncreasing speed and force myelinates or reinforces neural pathways in your brain. A mistake reinforces your old, dysfluent neural pathways.Learning to talk fluently requires talking fluently 100% of the time. That sounds like circular advice, and it is. Reinforcing motor skills is a “virtuous cycle.” Using target skills reinforces the skills, making the skills easier to use.Conversely, stuttering reinforces undesirable speech motor programs and bad communication habits. Stuttering sets up a “vicious cycle” instead of a “virtuous cycle.”If you can’t stay 100% fluent all the time, increase your resources, as described in the previous e-mail. Combine fluency shaping techniques with an AAF device while telling listeners that you stutter.Find a speech buddy. I dated a woman who disliked my stuttering. Whenever I’d start to block, she’d give me a certain look. I’d stop, relax my breathing and vocal folds, and speak fluently. After a few days with her I was talking fluently all the time. The relationship crashed and burned shortly after that!How Long Does Autonomous Learning Take?Gymnasts practice daily for about eight years to become proficient.Cigar-makers roll three million cigars to become fully skilled. Three million repetitions are also needed for Japanese pearl handlers to become proficient. The Suzuki method of teaching violin to children requires the production of about 2.5 million notes. Basketball, football, and baseball require about a million practice throws.If fluent speech requires producing three million fluent syllables, and you could talk about eight hours a day, you could produce three million syllables in two or three months. But if you only practice ten minutes a day it’ll take three years to say three million syllables, and stuttering the rest of the day will erase gains you make practicing.The Big PictureStuttering treatment is both a “quick fix” and a “long haul.” Evidence-based stuttering treatments produce results soon: minutes for AAF, hours for fluency shaping therapy, a few days for medications. But making fluent speech automatic and effortless takes thousands of hours of hard work.Further ResourcesMotor Learning and Control: Concepts and Applications, 10th Edition, by Richard Magill and David AndersonMotor Learning and Control for Practitioners, by Cheryl A. Coker#5: Medications and SupplementsIn this section we’ll look again at dopamine and other neurotransmitters.Thiamin (Vitamin B-1) and MagnesiumTwo studies suggest that thiamin (vitamin B-1) may reduce stuttering. A 1951 study of children found strong positive results but doesn’t meet current scientific standards.An unpublished 2013 study of 38 adult male stutterers found that thiamin “largely eliminated” stuttering in 30% of the men. The vitamin had no effect on the other 70% of the stutterers.An informal poll on the StutterSense blog found that of 75 stutterers who have tried thiamine, 21% had a dramatic improvement, 31% had some improvement, 41% had no improvement, and 7% had their fluency get worse.I did a double-blind study on myself. I took 300 mg of thiamin and my speech greatly improved within a few days. Then two months later my speech deteriorated. It wasn’t as bad as before using thiamine, but it wasn’t much better. I was disappointed that the effect had “worn off” over time. A few days later I remembered that I’d finished the first bottle of sixty tablets and gone to the drugstore to buy a new bottle. I looked and saw that the new bottle was 100 mg tablets! I went back to 300 mg and my fluency immediately returned.I now take 500 mg of thiamin (250 mg pills, twice a day) and 600mg of magnesium. My speech isn’t perfect but I can control my speech and talk fluently when necessary. I’ve tried taking 1000 mg of thiamin and my speech was completely fluent, even in stressful situations. I’ve never experienced any side effects, and there is no Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL) for thiamin, but I’d rather play it safe and take the lower dosage.A nutritional test found that my thiamin and magnesium levels are healthy:In other words, “megadoses” of thiamin and magnesium give me normal levels of the nutrients. Note, also, that my other B-vitamins were borderline. I’m now taking a B-complex.Is it ethical to recommend thiamin and magnesium based on this evidence? In my opinion, expensive, time-consuming, or dangerous treatments should have high evidence standards. But for treatments that cost under $10, require no time, and have no side effects, you might as well try it. If it works for you, great! If not, you’ve only lost $10. Thiamin and magnesium haven’t been the subject of million-dollar research studies because there’s no profit in supplements you can buy for a few dollars in a drug store.Prescription MedicationsTwo systematic reviews examined 38 studies of pharmaceutical treatments for stuttering, published between 1970 and 2010. Most of the medications had no effect on stuttering, and/or the studies don’t meet current scientific standards.Haloperidol (Haldol)Ten studies of haloperidol, a dopamine antagonist, have been done with stutterers; of these, five studies were considered of sufficient trial quality (i.e., the studies were done scientifically) to be reviewed. Haloperidol was ineffective in four of the five studies; one study found more than a 50% reduction in stuttering. The side effects of Haldol are notorious.Risperidone (Risperdal)Risperidone is another dopamine antagonist. A study with 16 adult stutterers over six weeks found that stuttered syllables decreased 51% in the subjects taking the medication, and 27% for the subjects taking a placebo. Many side effects are listed for risperidone, but the side effects are usually much less severe than with haloperidol.Olanzapine (Zyprexa)Olanzapine blocks serotonin and dopamine receptors. A study with 24 adult stutterers over twelve weeks found that stuttered syllables decreased 33% in the subjects taking the medication, and 14% for the subjects taking a placebo. Subjects averaged eight pounds of weight gain. One of the researchers took the medication for ten years and gained 20 pounds.PagoclonePagoclone is a GABA agonist. 132 stutterers were given either pagoclone or a placebo for eight weeks. Those who received pagoclone had an average 19% reduction stuttering, compared with 5% reduction for those who received the placebo.Medications That Cause or Increase StutteringIf your child stutters and is on meds, have a pharmacist review whether the meds could be causing or increasing stuttering.Methylphenidate (Ritalin)Methylphenidate increases the levels of dopamine and norepinephrine in the brain through reuptake inhibition of the monoamine transporters. It is a dopamine agonist, the opposite of the above medications (haloperidol, risperidone, olanzapine) that reduce stuttering. Methylphenidate is well-known for causing or increasing stuttering in children.SSRI Anti-DepressantsSSRI medications such as Prozac, Wellbutrin, and Zoloft can increase stuttering in stutterers, apparently by boosting dopamine. In a few cases, these drugs caused non-stutterers to stutter.The Big PictureIn this answer we’ve looked at three neurological abnormalities associated with stuttering, and treatments for each neurological abnormality. All of these treatments can and should be done together. Doing one treatment for one neurological abnormality will lead to failure. The big question is, “What should I do to stop stuttering?” and the big answer is “Everything!”Further ResourcesMy blog post Should Stutterers Take Vitamin B-1?The National Center for Stuttering study of 38 adults.The StutterSense blog post about thiamin

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This Section also details what you can and can’t do when using the Services, as well as the rights you grant OkCupid.By using our Services, you represent and warrant that:You are at least 18 years old;You are legally qualified to enter a binding contract with OkCupid;You are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a “terrorist supporting” country;You are not on any list of individuals prohibited from conducting business with the United States;You are not prohibited by law from using our services;You have not have been convicted of or pled no contest to a felony or indictable offense (or crime of similar severity), a sex crime, or any crime involving violence;You are not required to register as a sex offender with any state, federal or local sex offender registry;You do not have more than one account on our Services; andYou have not previously been removed from our Services by us, unless you have our express written permission to create a new account.If at any time you cease to meet these requirements, you must immediately delete your account.You agree to:Comply with these Terms, and check this page from time to time to ensure you are aware of any change;Comply with all applicable laws, including without limitation, privacy laws, intellectual property laws, anti-spam laws, and regulatory requirements;Use the latest version of the Website and/or App;Treat other users in a courteous and respectful manner, both on and off our Services;Be respectful when communicating with any of our customer care representatives or other employees;Review the Safety Tips;Review and comply with the Community Guidelines, as updated from time to time; andMaintain a strong password and take reasonable measures to protect the security of your login information.You agree that you will not:Misrepresent your identity, age, current or previous positions, qualifications, or affiliations with a person or entity;Use the Services in a way that damages the Services or prevents their use by other users;Use our Services in a way to interfere with, disrupt or negatively affect the platform, the servers, or our Services’ networks;Use our Services for any harmful, illegal, or nefarious purpose;Harass, bully, stalk, intimidate, assault, defame, harm or otherwise mistreat any person;Post or share Prohibited Content (see below);Solicit passwords for any purpose, or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other users or disseminate another person’s personal information without his or her permission;Solicit money or other items of value from another user, whether as a gift, loan, or form of compensation;Use another user’s account;Use our Services in relation to fraud, a pyramid scheme, or other similar practice; orViolate the terms of the license granted to you by OkCupid (see Section 6 below).Disclose private or proprietary information that you do not have the right to disclose;Copy, modify, transmit, distribute, or create any derivative works from, any Member Content or Our Content, or any copyrighted material, images, trademarks, trade names, service marks, or other intellectual property, content or proprietary information accessible through our Services without OkCupid’s prior written consent;Express or imply that any statements you make are endorsed by OkCupid;Use any robot, crawler, site search/retrieval application, proxy or other manual or automatic device, method or process to access, retrieve, index, “data mine,” or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of our Services or its contents;Upload viruses or other malicious code or otherwise compromise the security of our Services;Forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers to disguise the origin of any information transmitted to or through our Services;“Frame” or “mirror” any part of our Services without OkCupid’s prior written authorization;Use meta tags or code or other devices containing any reference to OkCupid or the platform (or any trademark, trade name, service mark, logo or slogan of OkCupid) to direct any person to any other website for any purpose;Modify, adapt, sublicense, translate, sell, reverse engineer, decipher, decompile or otherwise disassemble any portion of our Services, or cause others to do so;Use or develop any third-party applications that interact with our Services or Member Content or information without our written consent;Use, access, or publish the OkCupid application programming interface without our written consent;Probe, scan or test the vulnerability of our Services or any system or network; orEncourage, promote, or agree to engage in any activity that violates these Terms.Prohibited Content—OkCupid prohibits uploading or sharing content that:Is likely to be deemed offensive or to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person;Is obscene, pornographic, violent or otherwise may offend human dignity, or contains nudity;Is abusive, insulting or threatening, discriminatory or that promotes or encourages racism, sexism, hatred or bigotry;Encourages or facilitates any illegal activity including, without limitation, terrorism, inciting racial hatred or the submission of which in itself constitutes committing a criminal offense;Is defamatory, libelous, or untrue;Relates to commercial activities (including, without limitation, sales, competitions, promotions, and advertising, solicitation for services, “sugar daddy” or “sugar baby” relationships, links to other websites or premium line telephone numbers);Involves the transmission of “junk” mail or “spam”;Contains any spyware, adware, viruses, corrupt files, worm programs or other malicious code designed to interrupt, damage or limit the functionality of or disrupt any software, hardware, telecommunications, networks, servers or other equipment, Trojan horse or any other material designed to damage, interfere with, wrongly intercept or expropriate any data or personal information whether from OkCupid or otherwise;Infringes upon any third party’s rights (including, without limitation, intellectual property rights and privacy rights);Was not written by you or was automatically generated, unless expressly authorized by OkCupid;Includes the image or likeness of another person without that person’s consent (or in the case of a minor, the minor’s parent or guardian), or is an image or likeness or a minor unaccompanied by the minor’s parent or guardian;Is inconsistent with the intended use of the Services; orMay harm the reputation of OkCupid or its affiliates.The uploading or sharing of content that violates these terms (“Prohibited Content”) may result in the immediate suspension or termination of your account.3. CONTENTIt is important that you understand your rights and responsibilities with regard to the content on our Services, including any content you provide or post. You are expressly prohibited from posting inappropriate content.While using our Services, you will have access to: (i) content that you upload or provide while using our Services (“Your Content”); (ii) content that other users upload or provide while using our Services (“Member Content”); and (iii) content that OkCupid provides on and through our Services (“Our Content”). In this agreement, “content” includes, without limitation, all text, images, video, audio, or other material on our Services, including information on users’ profiles and in direct messages between users.3a. YOUR CONTENTYou are responsible for Your Content. Don’t share anything that you wouldn’t want others to see, that would violate this Agreement, or that may expose you or us to legal liability.You are solely responsible and liable for Your Content, and, therefore, you agree to indemnify, defend, release, and hold us harmless from any claims made in connection with Your Content.You represent and warrant to us that the information you provide to us or any other user is accurate, including any information submitted through Facebook or other third-party sources (if applicable), and that you will update your account information as necessary to ensure its accuracy.The content included on your individual profile should be relevant to the intended use of our Services. You may not display any personal contact or banking information, whether in relation to you or any other person (for example, names, home addresses or postcodes, telephone numbers, email addresses, URLs, credit/debit card or other banking details). If you choose to reveal any personal information about yourself to other users, you do so at your own risk. We encourage you to use caution in disclosing any personal information online.Your individual profile will be visible to other people around the world, so be sure that you are comfortable sharing Your Content before you post. You acknowledge and agree that Your Content may be viewed by other users, and, notwithstanding these Terms, other users may share Your Content with third parties. By uploading Your Content, you represent and warrant to us that you have all necessary rights and licenses to do so and automatically grant us a license to use Your Content as provided under Section 7 below.You understand and agree that we may monitor or review Your Content, and we have the right to remove, delete, edit, limit, or block or prevent access to any of Your Content at any time in our sole discretion. Furthermore, you understand agree that we have no obligation to display or review Your Content.3b. MEMBER CONTENTWhile you will have access to Member Content, it is not yours and you may not copy or use Member Content for any purpose except as contemplated by these Terms.Other users will also share content on our Services. Member Content belongs to the user who posted the content and is stored on our servers and displayed at the direction of that user.You do not have any rights in relation to Member Content, and you may only use Member Content to the extent that your use is consistent with our Services’ purpose of allowing use to communicate with and meet one another. You may not copy the Member Content or use Member Content for commercial purposes, to spam, to harass, or to make unlawful threats. We reserve the right to terminate your account if you misuse Member Content.3c. OUR CONTENTOkCupid owns all other content on our Services.Any other text, content, graphics, user interfaces, trademarks, logos, sounds, artwork, images, and other intellectual property appearing on our Services is owned, controlled or licensed by us and protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property law rights. All rights, title, and interest in and to Our Content remains with us at all times.We grant you a limited license to access and use Our Content as provided under Section 6 below, and we reserve all other rights.4. INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT AND MISCONDUCT; REPORTINGOkCupid does not tolerate inappropriate content or behavior on our Services.We are committed to maintaining a positive and respectful OkCupid community, and we do not tolerate any inappropriate content or misconduct, whether on or off of the Services. We encourage you to report any inappropriate Member Content or misconduct by other users. You can report a user directly through the “Report a Concern” link on a user’s profile or as part of the messaging experience. You may also email OkCupid Customer Service at [email protected] Content is subject to the terms and conditions of Sections 512(c) and/or 512(d) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act 1998. To submit a complaint regarding Member Content that may constitute intellectual property infringement, see Section 12 (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) below.5. PRIVACYPrivacy is important to us. We have a separate policy about it that you should read.For information about how OkCupid and its affiliates collect, use, and share your personal data, please read our Privacy Policy. By using our Services, you agree that we may use your personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy.6. RIGHTS YOU ARE GRANTED BY OKCUPIDOkCupid grants you the right to use and enjoy our Services, subject to these Terms.For as long as you comply with these Terms, OkCupid grants you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable, non-exclusive, revocable, and non-sublicensable license to access and use our Services for purposes as intended by OkCupid and permitted by these Terms and applicable laws.7. RIGHTS YOU GRANT OKCUPIDYou own all of the content you provide to OkCupid, but you also grant us the right to use Your Content as provided in this Agreement.By creating an account, you grant to OkCupid a worldwide, perpetual, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free right and license to host, store, use, copy, display, reproduce, adapt, edit, publish, translate, modify, and distribute Your Content, including any information you authorize us to access from Facebook or other third-party source (if applicable), in whole or in part, and in any format or medium currently known or developed in the future. OkCupid’s license to Your Content shall be non-exclusive, except that OkCupid’s license shall be exclusive with respect to derivative works created through use of our Services. For example, OkCupid would have an exclusive license to screenshots of our Services that include Your Content.In addition, so that OkCupid can prevent the use of Your Content outside of our Services, you authorize OkCupid to act on your behalf with respect to infringing uses of Your Content taken from our Services by other users or third parties. This expressly includes the authority, but not the obligation, to send notices pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) (i.e., DMCA Takedown Notices) on your behalf if Your Content is taken and used by third parties outside of our Services. OkCupid is not obligated to take any action with regard to use of Your Content by other users or third parties. OkCupid’s license to Your Content is subject to your rights under applicable law (for example, laws regarding personal data protection to the extent the content contains personal information as defined by those laws).In consideration for OkCupid allowing you to use our Services, you agree that we, our affiliates, and our third-party partners may place advertising on our Services. By submitting suggestions or feedback to OkCupid regarding our Services, you agree that OkCupid may use and share such feedback for any purpose without compensating you.You agree that OkCupid may access, preserve, and disclose your account information, including Your Content, if required to do so by law or upon a good faith belief that such access, preservation, or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (i) comply with legal process; (ii) enforce these Terms; (iii) respond to claims that any content violates the rights of third parties; (iv) respond to your requests for customer service; or (v) protect the rights, property or personal safety of the Company or any other person.8. PURCHASES AND AUTOMATICALLY RENEWING SUBSCRIPTIONSYou will have the opportunity to purchase products and services from OkCupid. If you purchase a subscription, it will automatically renew—and you will be charged—until you cancel.OkCupid may offer products and services for purchase through iTunes, Google Play or other external services authorized by OkCupid (each, an “External Service,” and any purchases made thereon, an “External Service Purchase”). OkCupid may also offer products and services for purchase via credit card or other payment processors on the Website or inside the App (“Internal Purchases”). If you purchase a subscription, it will automatically renew until you cancel, in accordance with the terms disclosed to you at the time of purchase, as further described below. If you cancel your subscription, you will continue to have access to your subscription benefits until the end of your subscription period, at which point it will expire.Because our Services may be utilized without a subscription, canceling your subscription does not remove your profile from our Services. If you wish to fully terminate your membership, you must terminate your membership as set forth in Section 9.8a. EXTERNAL SERVICE PURCHASES AND SUBSCRIPTIONSExternal Service Purchases, including subscriptions, may be processed through the External Service, in which case those purchases must be managed through your External Service Account. Subscriptions automatically renew until you cancel.When making a purchase on the Service, you may have the option to pay through an External Service, such as with your Apple ID or Google account (“your External Service Account”), and your External Service Account will be charged for the purchase in accordance with the terms disclosed to you at the time of purchase and the general terms applicable to your External Service Account. Some External Services may charge you sales tax, depending on where you live, which may change from time to time.If your External Service Purchase includes an automatically renewing subscription, your External Service Account will continue to be periodically charged for the subscription until you cancel. After your initial subscription commitment period, and again after any subsequent subscription period, the subscription will automatically continue for the price and time period you agreed to when subscribing.To cancel a subscription: If you do not want your subscription to renew automatically, or if you want to change or terminate your subscription, you must log in to your External Service Account and follow instructions to manage or cancel your subscription, even if you have otherwise deleted your account with us or if you have deleted the App from your device. For example, if you subscribed using your Apple ID, cancellation is handled by Apple, not OkCupid. To cancel a purchase made with your Apple ID, go to Settings > iTunes & App Stores > [click on your Apple ID] > View Apple ID > Subscriptions, then find your OkCupid subscription and follow the instructions to cancel. You can also request assistance at Get Support. Similarly, if you subscribed on Google Play, cancellation is handled by Google. To cancel a purchase made through Google Play, launch the Google Play app on your mobile device and go to Menu > My Apps > Subscriptions, then find your OkCupid subscription and follow the instructions to cancel. You can also request assistance at Google Play. If you cancel a subscription, you may continue to use the cancelled service until the end of your then-current subscription term. The subscription will not be renewed when your then-current term expires.If you initiate a chargeback or otherwise reverse a payment made with your External Service Account, OkCupid may terminate your account immediately in its sole discretion, on the basis that you have determined that you do not want a OkCupid subscription. In the event that your chargeback or other payment reversal is overturned, please contact Customer Care. OkCupid will retain all funds charged to your External Service Account until you cancel your subscription through your External Service Account. Certain users may be entitled to request a refund. See Section 8d below for more information.8b. INTERNAL PURCHASES AND SUBSCRIPTIONSInternal Purchases, including subscriptions, are processed using the Payment Method you provide on the Website or App. Subscriptions automatically renew until you cancel.If you make an Internal Purchase, you agree to pay the prices displayed to you for the Services you’ve selected as well as any sales or similar taxes that may be imposed on your payments (and as may change from time to time), and you authorize OkCupid to charge the payment method you provide (your “Payment Method”). OkCupid may correct any billing errors or mistakes even if we have already requested or received payment. If you initiate a chargeback or otherwise reverse a payment made with your Payment Method, OkCupid may terminate your account immediately in its sole discretion, on the basis that you have determined that you do not want a OkCupid subscription. In the event that your chargeback or other payment reversal is overturned, please contact Customer Care.If your Internal Purchase includes an automatically renewing subscription, your Payment Method will continue to be periodically charged for the subscription until you cancel. After your initial subscription commitment period, and again after any subsequent subscription period, your subscription will automatically continue for the price and time period you agreed to when subscribing, until you cancel.To cancel a subscription, you can (1) log in to the Website and go to the Settings page, and then click on “Subscriptions”, and follow the instructions to downgrade; or (2) open the Android App and go to the Settings page, then click on Purchases and follow the instructions to downgrade. If you cancel a subscription, you may continue to use the cancelled service until the end of your then-current subscription term. The subscription will not be renewed when your then-current term expires.You may edit your Payment Method information by using the Settings tool. If a payment is not successfully processed, due to expiration, insufficient funds, or otherwise, you remain responsible for any uncollected amounts and authorize us to continue billing the Payment Method, as it may be updated. This may result in a change to your payment billing dates.In addition, you authorize us to obtain updated or replacement expiration dates and card numbers for your credit or debit card as provided by your credit or debit card issuer. The terms of your payment will be based on your Payment Method and may be determined by agreements between you and the financial institution, credit card issuer, or other provider of your chosen Payment Method. Certain users may be entitled to request a refund. See Section 8d below for more information.8c. VIRTUAL ITEMSVirtual items are non-refundable and subject to certain conditions.From time to time, you may have the opportunity purchase a limited, personal, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to use or access special limited-use features such as “Boost” (“Virtual Item(s)”) from OkCupid. You may only purchase Virtual Items from us or our authorized partners through our Services. Virtual Items represent a limited license right governed by this Agreement, and, except as otherwise prohibited by applicable law, no title or ownership in or to Virtual Items is being transferred or assigned to you. This Agreement should not be construed as a sale of any rights in Virtual Items.Any Virtual Item balance shown in your account does not constitute a real-world balance or reflect any stored value, but instead constitutes a measurement of the extent of your license. Virtual Items do not incur fees for non-use; however, the license granted to you in Virtual Items will terminate in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, on the earlier of when OkCupid ceases providing our Services, or your account is otherwise closed or terminated.OkCupid, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to charge fees for the right to access or use Virtual Items and/or may distribute Virtual Items with or without charge. OkCupid may manage, regulate, control, modify, or eliminate Virtual Items at any time, including taking actions that may impact the perceived value or purchase price, if applicable, of any Virtual Items. OkCupid shall have no liability to you or any third party in the event that OkCupid exercises any such rights. The transfer of Virtual Items is prohibited, and you shall not sell, redeem, or otherwise transfer Virtual Items to any person or entity. Virtual Items may only be redeemed through our Services.ALL PURCHASES AND REDEMPTIONS OF VIRTUAL ITEMS MADE THROUGH OUR SERVICES ARE FINAL AND NON-REFUNDABLE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OKCUPID IS NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A REFUND FOR ANY REASON, AND THAT YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE MONEY OR OTHER COMPENSATION FOR UNUSED VIRTUAL ITEMS WHEN AN ACCOUNT IS CLOSED, WHETHER SUCH CLOSURE WAS VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY.8d. REFUNDSGenerally, all purchases are nonrefundable. Special terms apply in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, and the EU or European Economic Area.Generally, all purchases are final and nonrefundable, and there are no refunds or credits for partially used periods, except if the laws applicable in your jurisdiction provide for refunds.For subscribers residing in the EU or European Economic Area:In accordance with local law, you are entitled to a full refund during the 14 days after the subscription begins. Please note that this 14-day period commences when the subscription starts.For subscribers residing in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin:Your Right to Cancel—You may cancel your subscription, without penalty or obligation, at any time prior to midnight of the third business day following the date you subscribed. In the event that you die before the end of your subscription period, your estate shall be entitled to a refund of that portion of any payment you had made for your subscription which is allocable to the period after your death. In the event that you become disabled (such that you are unable to use our Services) before the end of your subscription period, you shall be entitled to a refund of that portion of any payment you had made for your subscription which is allocable to the period after your disability by providing the company notice in the same manner as you request a refund as described below.Purchases of Virtual Items are FINAL AND NON-REFUNDABLE.If any of the above apply to you and you subscribed using your Apple ID, your refund requests are handled by Apple, not OkCupid. To request a refund, please contact your External Service directly; for example using your Apple device, go to Settings > iTunes & App Stores > [click on your Apple ID] > View Apple ID > Purchase History. Find the transaction and select “Report a Problem.” You can also request a refund at Get Support. For any other purchase, please contact OkCupid Customer Service with your order number (see your confirmation email) by mailing or delivering a signed and dated notice which states that you, the buyer, are canceling this agreement, or words of similar effect. Please also include the email address or telephone number associated with your account along with your order number. This notice shall be sent to: OkCupid, Attn: Cancellations, P.O. Box 25472, Dallas, Texas 75225, USA (California and Ohio users may also email us by clicking here or send a facsimile to 214-853-4309).9. ACCOUNT TERMINATIONIf you no longer wish to use our Services, or if we terminate your account for any reason, here’s what you need to know.You can delete your account at any time by logging into the Website or App, going to “Settings”, and following the instructions to disable or delete your account. However, you will need to cancel / manage any External Service Purchases through your External Service Account (e.g., iTunes, Google Play) to avoid additional billing.OkCupid reserves the right to investigate and, if appropriate, suspend or terminate your account without a refund if you have violated these Terms, misused our Services, or behaved in a way that OkCupid regards as inappropriate or unlawful, on or off our Services. We reserve the right to make use of any personal, technological, legal, or other means available to enforce the Terms, at any time without liability and without the obligation to give you prior notice, including, but not limited to, preventing you from accessing the Services.If your account is terminated by you or by OkCupid for any reason, these Terms continue and remain enforceable between you and OkCupid, and you will not be entitled to any refund for purchases made. Your information will be maintained and deleted in accordance with our Privacy Policy.10. NO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND OR IDENTITY VERIFICATION CHECKSOkCupid does not conduct criminal background or identity verification checks on its users. Use your best judgment when interacting with others and check out our Safety Tips.YOU UNDERSTAND THAT OKCUPID DOES NOT CONDUCT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND OR IDENTITY VERIFICATION CHECKS ON ITS USERS OR OTHERWISE INQUIRE INTO THE BACKGROUND OF ITS USERS. OKCUPID MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE CONDUCT, IDENTITY, INTENTIONS, LEGITIMACY, OR VERACITY OF USERS. OKCUPID RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CONDUCT—AND YOU AUTHORIZE OKCUPID TO CONDUCT—ANY CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK OR OTHER SCREENINGS (SUCH AS SEX OFFENDER REGISTER SEARCHES) AT ANY TIME USING AVAILABLE PUBLIC RECORDS, AND YOU AGREE THAT ANY INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF THE COMPANY DECIDES TO CONDUCT ANY SCREENING THROUGH A CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY, YOU HEREBY AUTHORIZE THE COMPANY TO OBTAIN AND USE A CONSUMER REPORT ABOUT YOU TO DETERMINE YOUR ELIGIBILITY UNDER THESE TERMS.YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER USERS. SEX OFFENDER SCREENINGS AND OTHER TOOLS DO NOT GUARANTEE YOUR SAFETY AND ARE NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR FOLLOWING THE SAFETY TIPS AND OTHER SENSIBLE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. ALWAYS USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT AND TAKE APPROPRIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WHEN COMMUNICATING WITH OR MEETING NEW PEOPLE. COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED THROUGH THE SERVICE, INCLUDING AUTOMATIC NOTIFICATIONS SENT BY OKCUPID, MAY RESULT FROM USERS ENGAGING WITH THE SERVICE FOR IMPROPER PURPOSES, INCLUDING FRAUD, ABUSE, HARASSMENT, OR OTHER SUCH IMPROPER BEHAVIOR.Though OkCupid strives to encourage a respectful user experience, it is not responsible for the conduct of any user on or off the Service. You agree to use caution in all interactions with other users, particularly if you decide to communicate off the Service or meet in person.11. DISCLAIMEROkCupid’s Services are provided “as is” and we do not make, and cannot make, any representations about the content or features of our Services.OKCUPID PROVIDES OUR SERVICES ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, GRANTS NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE WITH RESPECT TO OUR SERVICES (INCLUDING ALL CONTENT CONTAINED THEREIN), INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. OKCUPID DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT (A) OUR SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR FREE, (B) ANY DEFECTS OR ERRORS IN OUR SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED, OR (C) THAT ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION YOU OBTAIN ON OR THROUGH OUR SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE. FURTHERMORE, OKCUPID MAKES NO GUARANTEES AS TO THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE USERS AT ANY TIME; USERS’ ABILITY OR DESIRE TO COMMUNICATE WITH OR MEET YOU, OR THE ULTIMATE COMPATIBILITY WITH OR CONDUCT BY USERS YOU MEET THROUGH THE SERVICES.OKCUPID TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY CONTENT THAT YOU OR ANOTHER USER OR THIRD PARTY POSTS, SENDS, OR RECEIVES THROUGH OUR SERVICES NOR DOES OKCUPID TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE IDENTITY, INTENTIONS, LEGITIMACY, OR VERACITY OF ANY USERS WITH WHOM YOU MAY COMMUNICATION THROUGH OKCUPID. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF OUR SERVICES IS ACCESSED AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK. OKCUPID IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER HARDWARE, COMPUTER SOFTWARE, OR OTHER EQUIPMENT OR TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGE FROM ANY SECURITY BREACH OR FROM ANY VIRUS, BUGS, TAMPERING, FRAUD, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER LINE OR NETWORK FAILURE, OR ANY OTHER TECHNICAL OR OTHER MALFUNCTION.12. DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACTWe take copyright infringement very seriously. We ask you to help us to ensure we address it promptly and effectively.OkCupid has adopted the following policy towards copyright infringement in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the “DMCA”). If you believe any Member Content or Our Content infringes upon your intellectual property rights, please submit a notification alleging such infringement (“DMCA Takedown Notice”) including the following:A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works;Identification of the material claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access disabled and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material;Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail;A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; andA statement that, under penalty of perjury, the information in the notification is accurate and you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.Any DMCA Takedown Notices should be sent to [email protected], by phone to 214-576-3272 or via mail to the following address: Copyright Compliance Department c/o Match Group Legal, 8750 N. Central Expressway, Dallas, Texas 75231.OkCupid will terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.13. ADS AND THIRD-PARTY CONTENTLike many subscription-based services, there are ads on our websites.Our Services may contain advertisements and promotions offered by third parties and links to other websites or resources. OkCupid may also provide non-commercial links or references to third parties within its content. OkCupid is not responsible for the availability (or lack of availability) of any external websites or resources or their content. Furthermore, OkCupid is not responsible for, and does not endorse, any products or services that may be offered by third-party websites or resources. If you choose to interact with the third parties made available through our Services, such party’s terms will govern their relationship with you. OkCupid is not responsible or liable for such third parties’ terms or actions.14. LIMITATION OF LIABILITYOkCupid’s liability is limited to the maximum extent by applicable law.TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL OKCUPID, ITS AFFILIATES, EMPLOYEES, LICENSORS, OR SERVICE PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF PROFITS, WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, RESULTING FROM: (I) YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES, (II) THE CONDUCT OR CONTENT OF OTHER USERS OR THIRD PARTIES ON, THROUGH, OR FOLLOWING USE OF THE SERVICES; OR (III) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, USE, OR ALTERATION OF YOUR CONTENT, EVEN IF OKCUPID HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. 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