Brazilian Congress on Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences: history, organization and scientific production

ABSTRACT Objective: to present the history of the Brazilian Speech Therapy and Audiology Congress, exposing its organization and characterizing part of the scientific production published in its annals in the last ten years. Methods: a theoretical, descriptive-exploratory study, with a bibliographic data source. The analysis was based on data available on the website of the Brazilian Society of Speech Therapy and Audiology, and restricted to the last ten years. The findings considered the year of publication, the publication category and the study area. The statistical analysis applied the Statistical Package for Social Sciences. Results: since 2006 eleven specialties have been recognized. The areas available for submitting papers changed between 2008 and 2011. From 2012 to 2017, 7,296 participants and 5,166 publications were identified. A decrease in both publications and participants is seen since 2014. In 2017, the number of papers was higher than the number of participants. Submissions in the "thesis/dissertation" category increased by 110%. Papers of a specific field related to the human voice presented the highest number of papers in the period. Conclusion: the increase in the number of specialists, added to technological advances, may partially justify a reduction in the number of participants; however, new relocations are necessary as a way to keep the event up to date and attractive, in face of the profession’s new trends.摘要 研究目的：梳理巴西言语治疗与听力学大会（Brazilian Speech Therapy and Audiology Congress）的发展历程，阐明其组织架构，并对近十年其会议论文集中刊载的部分科研产出进行特征分析。 研究方法：本研究为理论性描述探索性研究，采用文献资料作为数据源。分析数据取自巴西言语治疗与听力学学会（Brazilian Society of Speech Therapy and Audiology）官方网站公开信息，且限定为近十年的数据。研究分析维度涵盖刊载年份、论文类别及研究领域。统计分析采用社会科学统计软件包（Statistical Package for Social Sciences，SPSS）完成。 研究结果：自2006年起，大会共认定11个细分专业领域。2008年至2011年间，大会的论文投稿领域经历了调整。2012年至2017年期间，大会累计参会人数达7296人次，刊载论文共5166篇。2014年起，参会人数与刊载论文数量均呈现下滑趋势。2017年，刊载论文数量首次超过参会人数。"thesis/dissertation"类投稿量增幅达110%。此期间，与人类嗓音相关的特定研究领域刊载论文数量最多。 研究结论：专业从业者数量的增长叠加技术进步，或可部分解释参会人数的下滑；但面对言语治疗与听力学领域的新发展趋势，大会仍需进行全新的定位调整，以保持其时效性与吸引力。