Table 1.

Electrical conductivity values of subdomains.

Subdomain	Conductivity (S m−−1)
Surrounding bone, excluding modiolus	0.01634
Electrode contact pads	9 × 106 100
Scala vestibuli	1.4334
Scala media	1.6734
Scala tympani	1.2*
Intracellular SGN fluid	0.3101
Intracochlear membranes (BM, RM, OSL, SL)	0.005†
Myelin tissue	1.2 × 10–6 40

*Adapted for the present study (see Introduction). ^† Adapted for the present study from Refs.^31,100,102. SGN: Spiral ganglion neuron; BM: Basilar membrane; RM: Reissner’s membrane; OSL: Osseous spiral lamina, SL: Spiral ligament.