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Multichannel search strategy for improving the detection of auditory steady-state response

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Auditory steady-state response (ASSR) is useful for hearing threshold estimation. The ASSR is usually detected with objective response detectors (ORD). The performance of these detectors depends on the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) as well as the signal length. Since it is undesirable to increase the signal length, then, this work provides a multivariate technique for improving the SNR and consequently the detection power. We propose the insertion of a short calibration step before the detection protocol, in order to perform a search among the available electroencephalogram (EEG) derivations and select the derivation with the highest SNR. The ORD used in this work was the magnitude-squared coherence (MSC). The standard detection protocol is to use the same EEG derivation in all exams. Using 22-scalp positions, the new technique achieved a detection rate higher than that obtained in 99.13% of the standard detection protocol. When restrictions were applied to the search, a superior performance was achieved. Thus, the technique proposed was able to track the best EEG derivations before exams and seems to be able to deal with the variability between individuals and between sessions.

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This work was supported by the Brazilian Agencies: CNPq, FAPEMIG, and CAPES. It was also in part developed in the University of Southampton.

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal Institute of Education Science and Technology of Minas Gerais–Ipatinga Campus, Maria Silva, 125, CEP, Ipatinga, MG, 35164-261, Brazil

    Felipe Antunes

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal Institute of Education Science and Technology of Espírito Santo–São Mateus Campus, São Mateus, ES, Brazil

    Tiago Zanotelli

  3. Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

    David Martin Simpson

  4. Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brazil

    Leonardo Bonato Felix

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Antunes, F., Zanotelli, T., Simpson, D.M. et al. Multichannel search strategy for improving the detection of auditory steady-state response. Med Biol Eng Comput 59, 391–399 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11517-021-02323-z

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