TY  - JOUR
A1  - Mandekar, Swati
A1  - Holland, Abigail
A1  - Thielen, Moritz
A1  - Behbahani, Mehdi
A1  - Melnykowycz, Mark
T1  - Advancing towards Ubiquitous EEG, Correlation of In-Ear EEG with Forehead EEG
T2  - Sensors
N2  - Wearable EEG has gained popularity in recent years driven by promising uses outside of clinics and research. The ubiquitous application of continuous EEG requires unobtrusive form-factors that are easily acceptable by the end-users. In this progression, wearable EEG systems have been moving from full scalp to forehead and recently to the ear. The aim of this study is to demonstrate that emerging ear-EEG provides similar impedance and signal properties as established forehead EEG. EEG data using eyes-open and closed alpha paradigm were acquired from ten healthy subjects using generic earpieces fitted with three custom-made electrodes and a forehead electrode (at Fpx) after impedance analysis. Inter-subject variability in in-ear electrode impedance ranged from 20 kΩ to 25 kΩ at 10 Hz. Signal quality was comparable with an SNR of 6 for in-ear and 8 for forehead electrodes. Alpha attenuation was significant during the eyes-open condition in all in-ear electrodes, and it followed the structure of power spectral density plots of forehead electrodes, with the Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.92 between in-ear locations ELE (Left Ear Superior) and ERE (Right Ear Superior) and forehead locations, Fp1 and Fp2, respectively. The results indicate that in-ear EEG is an unobtrusive alternative in terms of impedance, signal properties and information content to established forehead EEG.
KW  - in-ear EEG
KW  - correlation
KW  - forehead EEG
KW  - impedance spectroscopy
KW  - biopotential electrodes
Y1  - 2022
UR  - https://opus.bibliothek.fh-aachen.de/opus4/frontdoor/index/index/docId/9896
SN  - 1424-8220
VL  - 22
IS  - 4
SP  - 1
EP  - 19
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  -