Abstract
We present a simplified design of an ear-centered sensing system built around the OpenBCI Cyton & Daisy biosignal amplifiers and the flex-printed cEEGrid ear-EEG electrodes. This design reduces the number of components that need to be sourced, reduces mechanical artefacts on the recording data through better cable placement, and simplifies the assembly. Besides describing how to replicate and use the system, we highlight promising application scenarios, particularly the observation of large-amplitude activity patterns (e.g., facial muscle activities) and frequency-band neural activity (e.g., alpha and beta band power modulations for mental workload detection). Further, examples for common measurement artefacts and methods for removing them are provided, introducing a prototypical application of adaptive filters to this system. Lastly, as a promising use case, we present findings from a single-user study that highlights the system's capability of detecting jaw clenching events robustly when contrasted with 26 other facial activities. Thereby, the system could, for instance, be used to devise applications that reduce pathological jaw clenching and teeth grinding (bruxism). These findings underline that the system represents a valuable prototyping platform for advancing ear-based electrophysiological sensing systems and a low-cost alternative to current commercial alternatives.
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