5 papers
NeuroClick: Preserving Surgeon Autonomy through Hands-Free Earable Tooth-Click Control in Neurosurgery
Jonas Hummel, Maximilian Burzer, Clara Sayffaerth +6
Neurosurgeons frequently interact with operating room (OR) technologies while sterility and occupied hands constrain control. We introduce earables as a direct, hands-free control…
EarResp-ANS : Audio-Based On-Device Respiration Rate Estimation on Earphones with Adaptive Noise Suppression
Michael Küttner, Valeria Zitz, Supraja Ramesh +2
Respiratory rate (RR) is a key vital sign for clinical assessment and mental well-being, yet it is rarely monitored in everyday life due to the lack of unobtrusive sensing technolo…
CHOMP: Multimodal Chewing Side Detection with Earphones
Jonas Hummel, Maximilian Burzer, Felix Schlotter +7
Chewing-side preference (CSP) is a risk factor for temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) and a behavioral manifestation. Although TMDs affect roughly one-third of the global populatio…
EarXplore: An Open Research Database on Earable Interaction
Jonas Hummel, Tobias Röddiger, Valeria Zitz +6
Interaction with sensor-augmented earphones, referred to as earables or hearables, represents a major area of earable research. Proximate to the head and reachable by hand, earable…
Heatables: Effects of Infrared-LED-Induced Ear Heating on Thermal Perception, Comfort, and Cognitive Performance
Valeria Zitz, Michael Küttner, Jonas Hummel +3
Maintaining thermal comfort in shared indoor environments remains challenging, as centralized HVAC systems are slow to adapt and standardized to group norms. Cold exposure not only…