Forbes

She Turned Down An Audition To Play A Patient On Grey’s Anatomy. A Decade Later, She’s Finally On The Show—As Its First Deaf Doctor.

Shoshannah Stern plays the first recurring deaf doctor on a primetime network series. Now, the whopping 7.1 million viewers who tune in to watch their beloved show have seen another milestone: the ...
Yahoo

Krista Vernoff and Shoshannah Stern Break Down Bringing the First Deaf Doctor to ‘Grey’s Anatomy’

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When “Grey’s Anatomy” introduces Dr. Lauren Riley in its Feb. 13 episode, “Save the Last Dance for Me,” it marks more than just ...
People

'Grey's Anatomy' Makes History with New Character Who Is Deaf Played by Shoshannah Stern

Shoshannah Stern will be playing Dr. Lauren Riley, the first recurring doctor who is deaf on a network primetime series Grey’s Anatomy is still making history 16 seasons in! During Thursday’s episode, ...
New York Post

Sandra Mae Frank, who’s deaf, blazes a trail in ‘New Amsterdam’

Sandra Mae Frank, an actor who's deaf, plays surgeon Dr. Elizabeth Wilder on "New Amsterdam." Barbara Nitke/NBC NBC’s “New Amsterdam” returns from its Winter Olympics hiatus Tuesday (Feb. 22) at 10 ...
Bustle

The New Doc On 'Grey's Anatomy' Is The First Deaf Doctor On TV Ever

There's a new doc in town at Grey Sloan, and not a moment too soon. Dr. DeLuca has called in the cavalry to help him with his mysterious, incurable patient… and the cavalry has arrived in unexpected ...