Brovchenko T. O., Koroleva T. M.
Key words: laboratory of experimental phonetics, verbal speech, scientific leader, research object.
The process of experimental phonetics development in the world is described; the first steps of the researchers in the field of phonetics can be read, the object of the studies carried out is indicated; the list of basic laboratories of experimental phonetics is supplied, the names of heads and founders of domestic LEF are mentioned.