Patients
Understanding AEEG
Ambulatory EEG (AEEG) monitoring helps your physician better understand your symptoms and identify seizure type, if present. The addition of video is important because it allows your doctor to see what is happening physically during an event and compare it directly with the brain’s electrical activity at that same moment.
This combined view helps determine whether an event is related to abnormal brain activity or something else.
For this reason, it’s important to remain on camera as much as possible throughout the study, including while sleeping, so your doctor has the most complete information to make an accurate diagnosis.
The Process
1. In-Home Setup
At your scheduled appointment time, the Certified EEG technologist
will come to your home to begin your Home-Based Long-Term Video
EEG (LT VEEG) study. Small electrodes are carefully placed on your
scalp to record your brain’s electrical activity, and you will receive clear
instructions about what to expect during the recording period.
2. Recording Period
Once the study begins, you may continue most of your normal daily activities
at home. The recording takes place over the prescribed number of days,
capturing brain activity during both wakefulness and sleep.
Our team remains engaged throughout the study to help ensure the equipment
functions properly and the recording remains clear and reliable.
3. Equipment Removal
At the end of the recording period, our team will return to remove the
equipment. If a self-disconnect option is provided, we will give you step-by-
step guidance to ensure a smooth and comfortable process.
4. Study Review & Physician Report
After the recording is complete, the study is reviewed to ensure technical
quality and then provided to your physician for interpretation. Your physician
will discuss the results with you once the formal report is finalized.