Editorial

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EDITORIAL Dra. Fernanda Dreux M. FernandesIn this last issue of 2012 the Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia publishes, as has been doing for several years, a comprehensive panel about the research that has been carried out in Brazil. This way it complies with one of the most important roles of SBFa: bringing the scientific production close to the professional that will be able to use the information increasing the scientific basis of their clinical practice.Body Changes in phonological system after phonological therapy with the contrastive approach is the title of the next paper, presented by Gubiani, Brancalioni and Keske-Soares.The Prevalence of phonological disorders in children from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil was studied by the same group, Cavalheiro, Brancalioni and Keske-Soares, in a research with 2880 children.Phonological working memory and phonological awareness in students at the end of cycle I of elementary school is the title of the research reported by Soares, Jacinto and Cárnio.Functional Communication Profile -Revised: objective description of children and adolescents of the autism spectrum is the title of the paper written by Santos and Fernandes, describing a research with 50 ASD children.Oral and general motor behavior of newborns from crack and/or cocaine using mothers was assessed by Gasparin, Silveira, Garcez and Levy.The Influence of hospital environment on aspects related to breastfeeding was assessed by Beck, Assunção, Barbosa and Gomes.Wertzner Lima e Cruz-Santos are the authors of the special paper regarding the Acquisition of gestures in prelinguistic communication: a theoretical approach.The New Reflexions paper was written by Madazio and Moreti and refer to a paper about the resolution of vocal fold polyps treatment.