Author: BBC

Rather than making sound louder, like a hearing aid, it gives the “sensation” of hearing, by directly stimulating the auditory nerve that communicates with the brain, bypassing the damaged sound-sensing hair cells in a part of the inner ear known as the cochlea.

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Marianna Spring looks at how Ofcom wants to protect under-18 from harmful content on social media.The UK’s media regulator has published draft codes of practice which require tech firms to have more robust age-checking measures, and to reformulate their algorithms to steer children away from what it called “toxic” material.In statements, Meta and Snapchat said they had extra protections for under-18s, and offered parental tools to control what children can see on their platforms. Source link

Gelder, who played Kevan Lannister in Game of Thrones, was diagnosed with cancer five months ago. Source link