Any recommendations?

The way I understand your question, is that you're looking for an actor or actress (who have played lead roles) with hearing or speaking difficulty. Unfortunately I don't know any. 

However, I do know a movie with a main character with hearing (and thus also speaking) disability, which is Hitsudan Hostess (j-movie), which I can't recommend enough! It's a beautiful story.
There's also Hear Me (tw-movie). I haven't watched it yet, but I've heard that it's really good.
"Love song" the main lead has a problem with heavy stuttering and throughout the drama tries to get better with her speaking
Can You Hear My Heart
Can you hear my heart (kdrama)
Orange Days (jdrama)
Silence (twdrama)
Dream High has a character who goes deaf kinda :)
Kimi no Te ga Sasayaite Iru
Kiseki no Hito is one of my faves. The little girl is blind and deaf
Thank you everyone, i am checking them all out :D