Guam Early Hearing Detection & Intervention

University of Guam Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, & Service

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Mother holding her child.
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Concerned About Your Child’s Hearing?
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Håfa Adai & Welcome!

Newborn hearing screening is extremely important as it helps to determine whether infants have hearing loss. Guam EHDI works to assure that all babies born on Guam receive:

  • A hearing screening by 1 month of age.
  • A Diagnostic Audiological Evaluation (DAE) by 3 months of age.
  • And a baby with hearing loss is enrolled in early intervention services by 6 months of age.

Universal newborn hearing screening is mandated by Guam Public Law 27-150.


Available in 4 languages: Chamorro, Chuukese, Korean, and Tagalog.


Hearing Screening Data

Babies born at GMH, Sagua, Mañagu, and GRMC:

60,506

Babies screened for hearing loss:

59,376

From November 2002 - July 2024

This data is updated quarterly

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Guam EHDI Project Na' Mas Fitme Para Todu

The Guam Early Hearing Detection & Intervention (EHDI) Fitme Project supports the development of a statewide program and system of care that ensures that deaf or hard of hearing children are identified through newborn and infant hearing screening and receive evaluation, diagnosis, and appropriate intervention that optimize their language, literacy, and social-emotional development.

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Early Intervention

Early intervention services are family-centered services and supports that help families meet the overall developmental needs of an infant or toddler (birth to three years old). The Guam Department of Education Guam Early Intervention System (GEIS) provides diagnostic, family support, and intervention services to infants, toddlers, and their families.

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