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KSHB: Kansas City 5-Year-Old Finds Her Voice Through Play Therapy At Saint Luke's

After 5-year-old Hildie Platter was diagnosed with selective mutism a year and a half ago, her mother, Janette Platter, turned to The Children's SPOT (Speech, Physical, and Occupational Therapy) for rehabilitative speech services through play therapy.

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Far from Home: One Traveler’s Trip to a Life-Saving Surgery

What should have been a dream getaway became a nightmare when a car accident forced Kelsey O’Connor and her friend off the road and into emergency care in a foreign country.

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KSHB: Kidney Transplant Recipient Shares Story, Encourages Organ Donation

Diane Hick's two sisters suffered from kidney failure before passing, and her doctor saw similar complications in her. She worried she would face a similar fate, but a kidney transplant through Saint Luke's changed the game.

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Game On: Kidney Transplant Helps Chiefs Fan Make a Big Comeback

Five years ago, 66-year-old Diane Hicks had a health scare that turned out to be a turning point for her entire life. She learned she needed to seriously consider a kidney transplant to improve her overall health and life expectancy.

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Passing On the Gift of Hearing

In addition to her generous financial contributions, Denise has devoted her retirement to working on behalf of others with hearing loss.

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Learning to Appreciate Life

Peaches Tutera Cunningham and her husband, David, welcomed their son, John David, into the world in 1996. Two short years later, John David was diagnosed with autism.

Overcoming Hearing Loss, Mighty Melody Continues Writing her Own Song

Melody Unger loves to fill the world with sound. If the spirited 8-year-old isn’t singing, she’s humming, playing the drums, asking questions, or playing make-believe. But for the first two years of her life, Melody lived in silence.

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The Magnificent Maddox: A Saint Luke's Midwest Ear Institute Story

Maddox was born with hereditary hearing loss. He received a cochlear implant. Watch how it changed his life.

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Deafness Can’t Quiet Mighty Melody

Melody spent 136 days in the NICU. She didn't respond to sound. Read about her journey to be able to finally hear.