Overt and Covert Speech-State Classification from Tripolar Concentric Ring Electrode EEG: A 4 mm and 10 mm Configuration Study.

Authors

Paras Qadir Memon, Charles W Anderson, Shoaib Memon

Published in

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland). Volume 26. Issue 20. Oct 17, 2026. Epub Oct 17, 2026.

Abstract

Electroencephalography (EEG) speech-state classification is a noninvasive method to identify the brain's overt and covert behavior. The EEG achieved through the scalp is contaminated by artifacts and volume conduction and suffers from poor spatial resolution. We present the first application of small 4 mm tripolar concentric ring electrodes (TCREs) to record the overt and covert EEG signals. In addition, EEG signals were recorded for overt and covert behavior using a 10 mm TCRE as a reference. Data were recorded from 16 participants (4 mm, n=8; 10 mm, n=8). Each participant completed 200 picture-naming trials (100 overt and 100 covert). The analysis includes task-to-baseline root mean square ratios, power spectral density, time frequency representation analysis and participant-wise overt and covert classification using linear discriminant analysis, support vector machines, and EEGNet. The overt speech produced higher task-to-baseline ratios than covert speech. In addition, EEGNet achieved the highest mean accuracy (84.06±15.57%), followed by SVM (81.56±14.23%) and LDA (76.56±15.30%).

PMID:
42944450
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 27 Oct 2026.

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