This paper reviews some of what is known about ion transport through the cells of the
mammalian stria vascularis, and discusses how the endolymph and endocochlear potential
in scala media are produced by the stria's main cell types. It discusses the role of each cells'
ion transport proteins from an engineering perspective, and the advantages and
disadvantages in using the different transport proteins in the different cells to perform their
different roles. To aid this discussion, the use of spreadsheet analysis in the modelling of ion …