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标题：Excised larynx experimentation: history, current developments, and prospects for bioacoustic research
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作者：MAXIME GARCIA ; CHRISTIAN T. HERBST
期刊名称：Anthropological Science
印刷版ISSN：0918-7960
电子版ISSN：1348-8570
出版年度：2018
卷号：126
期号：1
页码：9-17
DOI：10.1537/ase.171216
语种：English
出版社：The Anthropological Society of Nippon
摘要：The study of sound production mechanisms is a crucial, yet understudied, aspect of vocal communication research in vertebrates. In excised larynx experimentation (ELE), phonation is simulated ex vivo by forcing air through a larynx specimen mounted on a laboratory bench. The method provides unique insights into vocal production and allows inference of in vivo conditions. Here, we provide a historical overview of how this technique has been implemented, from antiquity to current state-of-the-art setups. We review the advances made by applying ELE to human voice and biophysics research. We then highlight the promising research output resulting from ELE in animal bioacoustics, a research field that has largely overlooked the use of this method until very recently, but is now increasingly relying on this tool. We continue by discussing the limitations of ELE, depending on the focus of investigation. Finally, we suggest how this approach should be implemented and can be applied to various research questions. We conclude by underlining the value that ELE contributes to the comprehension of human voice as well as mammalian and avian vocal communication within an interdisciplinary approach.
关键词：excised larynx experimentation;sound production mechanisms;myoelastic aerodynamic theory;bioacoustics;mammalian and avian vocal communication