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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 26.
Published in final edited form as: Hear Res. 2013 Apr 3;301:72–84. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2013.03.008

Table A1.

Summary of typical values of critical components of the human auditory periphery.

Parameter Values Definition
C 1500 m/s Speed of sound in the scalae fluid
ρ 1000 kg/m3 Density of the scalae fluid
L1 2.5 mm Length of canal 1 (i.e., the shorter distance from the end of the vestibule to the dehiscence)
LV 2.5 mm Length of the vestibule
A1 0.2 mm2 Cross-sectional area of canal 1
AV 1.1 mm2 Cross-sectional area of the vestibule