Home > ENT-ear,nose and throat > Cochlear Implant Get the Flash Player to see this player. Rate: (Click the stars to rate) Published on Mar 11, 2009 by CDriscoll, Views: 5474 Cochlear Implant, what is it? Dr. Colin Driscoll, an ear, nose and throat doctor at the Mayo Clinic, discusses hearing loss and how a cochlear implant can help a person hear. A cochlear implant electrically stimulates the cochlea of the ear after it is damaged and there is severe hearing loss.