[Communication disorders in the practice of Department of Phoniatrics ad Audiology in Poznań].

The relations between audiology and phoniatrics which formed the base for the present name of Poznań Department of Phoniatrics and Audiology are presented. It is specific for this Department to include the olfacto-gustometry into clinical evaluation of sensory organs. The periodic "Informacje Foniatryczne" which were published in 1966-1972 in our Department were exception in the history of Polish phoniatrics. The communications disorders should be inspected by rehabilitation team: phoniatrician, psychologist and logopedist, but the leading role is left for the physician. The prevention, prophylaxis and rehabilitation of professional voice disorders is one of the main social goals for audiology and phoniatrics.