CUBIC DIFFERENCE SOUNDS MEASURED BY THRESHOLD- AND COMPENSATION-METHOD.

Two methods to measure the cubic difference sound produced by the nonlinearity of the ear out of two primaries have been compared quantitatively. Data collected by means of the compensation method and data collected from the same subject using the threshold method lead to almost the same results. The difference sound elicited by a narrow band noise as one of the primaries seems to be only 2 dB larger than that produced by two tones as primaries. Results of earlier papers could be confirmed and extended.