The theme of this study is the analysis of the state of art in hearing health in Brazil and the investigation of scientific production in this area. The aim is to describe, to analyze and to build the story line of scientific hearing health in Brazil during the period between 2000 and 2010; the reference were the deployment, development and evaluation of hearing health policy of the Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS). The first studies are from 2005. Since then, especially in the two last years, the number of studies grew gradually. The category Users was the one with more articles included. The theme evaluation, focusing on users' satisfaction, was the most explored, followed by management and enablement of health professionals.
Public Health; Health Policy; Hearing
