實驗室音系學是音系學的一種研究方法，強調音系理論和科學實驗之間的協同作用，包括人類語言的實驗室研究和音系模式的獲取和生產力的實驗。實驗室音系學的核心目標是“通過跨學科的方法，促進跨學科的學術交流，將語言學與心理學、電子工程、計算機科學和其他領域聯系起來，從而理解人類語言的認知和物理方面之間的關系”。該領域的重要先驅包括Kenneth N. Stevens和Gunnar Fant關于語音產生的聲學理論的工作，Ilse Lehiste關于韻律和語調的工作，以及Peter Ladefoged關于類型變化和數據獲取方法的工作。目前實驗室音韻學的研究主要依靠測量音韻學和自反音韻學理論，以及探索性數據分析的統計方法。實驗室音系學特別與實驗室音系學協會聯系在一起，該協會的成立是為了推廣這種方法。珍妮特·皮爾亨伯特、瑪麗·貝克曼、帕特里夏·基廷和d·羅伯特·拉德是與實驗室音系學相關的研究人員之一，他們共同撰寫了一篇討論這種方法的論文。[4]中國英語學習網站其他著名的實驗室音系學家包括凱瑟琳·布勞曼、詹妮弗·s·科爾、路易斯·戈德斯坦、茱莉亞·赫什伯格和伊恩·馬迪森。

Laboratory phonology is an approach to phonology that emphasizes the synergy between phonological theory and scientific experiments, including laboratory studies of human speech and experiments on the acquisition and productivity of phonological patterns. The central goal of laboratory phonology is "gaining an understanding of the relationship between the cognitive and physical aspects of human speech"[1] through the use of an interdisciplinary approach that promotes scholarly exchange across disciplines, bridging linguistics with psychology, electrical engineering, and computer science, and other fields.[2][3] Important antecedents of the field include work by Kenneth N. Stevens and Gunnar Fant on the acoustic theory of speech production, Ilse Lehiste's work on prosody and intonation, and Peter Ladefoged's work on typological variation and methods for data capture. Current research in laboratory phonology draws heavily on the theories of metrical phonology and autosegmental phonology, and on the statistical methods of exploratory data analysis.Laboratory phonology is particularly connected with the Association for Laboratory Phonology, which was founded to promote the approach. Among the researchers associated with laboratory phonology are Janet Pierrehumbert, Mary Beckman, Patricia Keating and D. Robert Ladd, who co-authored a paper discussing the approach. [4] Other prominent laboratory phonologists include Catherine Browman, Jennifer S. Cole, Louis Goldstein, Julia Hirschberg and Ian Maddieson.