Audiology - Communication Research (ACR), ISSN 2317-6431 is a technical-scientific publication from Brazilian Academy of Audiology (Academia Brasileira de Audiologia) (ABA), continuation of the Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia (RSBF) (online version ISSN 1982-0232). It is published continuously with the objective to disclose scientific production concerning relevant topics from Audiology, Human Communication Disorders and related fields, aiming to improve and update professionals. It is an open-access journal, published with bilingual (Portuguese/English) and exclusively online publication.

Indexed and available in:

1. SciELO – Scientific Electronic Library Online

2. LILACS – Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde

3. DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals

4. Latindex - Sistema Regional de Información en Línea para Revistas Científicas de América Latina, el Caribe, España y Portugal

5. Portal de Periódicos Capes

6. SIIC Data Bases – Sociedad Iberoamericana de Información Científica 

Brazilian Academy of Audiology
President: Profa. Dra. Maria Francisca Colella-Santos
Vice-president: Profa. Dra. Carla Gentile Matas
1st secretary: Profa. Dra. Fátima Cristina Alves Branco-Barreiro
2nd secretary: Profa. Dra. Mônica Pires de Castro
1st treasurer: Profa. Dra. Adriana Neves de Andrade
2nd treasurer: Profa. Dra. Maria Madalena Canina Pinheiro

Editors-in-chief:
Prof. Dr. Maria Cecília Martinelli
Prof. Dr. Renata Mota Mamede Carvallo

Responsible:

EDITORA CUBO
Telefone: +55 (16) 3307 2068 r. 2043

Executive secretariat
Brazilian Academy of Audiology
Rua Itapeva, 202, conj 61, CEP: 01332-000, São Paulo (SP), Brazil.
Phones: (11) 3253-8711/3253-8473
E-mail: revista@audiologiabrasil.org.br

Distribution
Open access (www.scielo.br/acr) 
 

Desktop Publishing and Editorial Consulting
Editora Cubo (www.editoracubo.com.br)
Editorial Assistant of CoDAS Journal/Editorial Office by Editora Cubo