neuroscientists have developed an EEG, which can be worn in the ear.
In the Brain Research electroencephalography is considered inexpensive noninvasive method of measuring the electrical activity in the brain. The problem is that technology with their built in a cap electrode is stationary use, although it would be useful in certain clinical and scientific purposes to record the brain activity levels over a longer period of time in daily life
engineers at Imperial. College, London, have therefore now developed an EEG, which is worn like a hearing aid inside the ear. The device should be able to record brain waves for several days at a stretch. This would help doctors to monitor patients who are suffering from recurring problems such as seizures or micro-sleep.
“would be most ideal is to have a very stable sensor system, which allows measurements that can be repeated reliably” explains Danilo Mandic, a leader of the study. The machine he developed not disturb the carrier also because there are outlets for the sound. “After a while you just forget that you are wearing an EEG.” By inserting the EEG inside the ear, avoiding interference, the engineers that would otherwise occur through body movements. The signal is thus always of high quality. It is also important that it is possible to make so that the electrode remains at exactly one point, which makes measurements over several sessions comparable. Since the unit sits in the ear, however, can only direct values from the temporal lobe record of the brain. This reduces the possible use area – to be examined interference must occur exactly here or nearby. Tzzy-Ping Jung, co-director of the Center for Advanced Neurological Engineering from the University of California at San Diego said that this restriction does not mean that the unit is worthless. “Different applications require different devices The idea is basically outstanding and promising..” <- AUTHOR MARKER DATA BEGIN -> ( Aviva Hope Rutkin ) / <- RSPEAK_STOP - > (bsc)<- RSPEAK_START -> <- AUTHOR DATA MARKER END -> <- googleoff: all ->
