Chisaki Nakaizumi

Chisaki Nakaizumi, Shoji Makino, Tomasz M. Rutkowski

This study provides a comprehensive test of a head-related impulse response (HRIR) cues for a spatial auditory brain-computer interface (saBCI) speller paradigm. We present a comparison with the conventional virtual sound headphone-based spatial auditory modality. We propose and optimize the three types of sound spatialization settings using a variable elevation in order to evaluate the HRIR efficacy for the saBCI. Three experienced and seven naive BCI users participated in the three experimental setups based on ten presented Japanese syllables. The obtained EEG auditory evoked potentials (AEP) resulted with encouragingly good and stable P300 responses in online BCI experiments. Our case study indicated that users could perceive elevation in the saBCI experiments generated using the HRIR measured from a general head model. The saBCI accuracy and information transfer rate (ITR) scores have been improved comparing to the classical horizontal plane-based virtual spatial sound reproduction modality, as far as the healthy users in the current pilot study are concerned.

Chisaki Nakaizumi, Toshie Matsui, Koichi Mori et al.

This study provides a comprehensive test of the head-related impulse response (HRIR) to an auditory spatial speller brain-computer interface (BCI) paradigm, including a comparison with a conventional virtual headphone-based spatial auditory modality. Five BCI-naive users participated in an experiment based on five Japanese vowels. The auditory evoked potentials obtained produced encouragingly good and stable P300-responses in online BCI experiments. Our case study indicates that the auditory HRIR spatial sound paradigm reproduced with headphones could be a viable alternative to established multi-loudspeaker surround sound BCI-speller applications.

Chisaki Nakaizumi, Koichi Mori, Toshie Matsui et al.

The aim of this study is to provide a comprehensive test of head related impulse response (HRIR) for an auditory spatial speller brain-computer interface (BCI) paradigm. The study is conducted with six users in an experimental set up based on five Japanese hiragana vowels. Auditory evoked potentials resulted with encouragingly good and stable "aha-" or P300-responses in real-world online BCI experiments. Our case study indicated that the auditory HRIR spatial sound reproduction paradigm could be a viable alternative to the established multi-loudspeaker surround sound BCI-speller applications, as far as healthy pilot study users are concerned.