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A linear decoder was trained on different electrode configurations to estimate the envelope of the audio excerpts from the EEG recordings. The reconstruction accuracy was determined by calculating the Pearson\u2019s correlation between the actual and the estimated envelope. A sigmoid function was then fitted to the reconstruction-accuracy-vs-SNR data points, with the midpoint of the sigmoid serving as the SRT\n                    <jats:sub>neuro<\/jats:sub>\n                    estimate for each participant.\n                    <jats:italic>Main results.<\/jats:italic>\n                    Using only in-ear electrodes, the estimated SRT\n                    <jats:sub>neuro<\/jats:sub>\n                    was within 3 dB of the behaviorally measured SRT (SRT\n                    <jats:sub>beh<\/jats:sub>\n                    ) for 6 out of 20 participants (30%). With electrodes placed both in and around the ear, the SRT\n                    <jats:sub>neuro<\/jats:sub>\n                    was within 3 dB of the SRT\n                    <jats:sub>beh<\/jats:sub>\n                    for 19 out of 20 participants (95%) and thus on par with the reference estimate obtained from full-scalp EEG. Using only electrodes in and around the ear from the right side of the head, the SRT\n                    <jats:sub>neuro<\/jats:sub>\n                    remained within 3 dB of the SRT\n                    <jats:sub>beh<\/jats:sub>\n                    for 19 out of 20 participants.\n                    <jats:italic>Significance.<\/jats:italic>\n                    These findings suggest that the SRT\n                    <jats:sub>neuro<\/jats:sub>\n                    can be reliably estimated using ear-EEG, especially when combining in-ear electrodes and around-the-ear electrodes. 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