Single-channel in-ear-EEG detects the focus of auditory attention to concurrent tone streams and mixed speech

• Published in: Journal of neural engineering Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 36020 - 36030
• Main Authors: Fiedler, Lorenz, Wöstmann, Malte, Graversen, Carina, Brandmeyer, Alex, Lunner, Thomas, Obleser, Jonas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England IOP Publishing 01.06.2017
• Subjects: Adult; Algorithms; Attention - physiology; auditory; BCI; EEG; Electroencephalography - methods; Evoked Potentials, Auditory - physiology; Female; forward model; hearing aid; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Pattern Recognition, Physiological - physiology; Pitch Perception - physiology; Reproducibility of Results; selective attention; Sensitivity and Specificity; Speech Perception - physiology; Speech Production Measurement - methods

Objective. Conventional, multi-channel scalp electroencephalography (EEG) allows the identification of the attended speaker in concurrent-listening ('cocktail party') scenarios. This implies that EEG might provide valuable information to complement hearing aids with some form of EEG and to...