The Quiet EarRaymond Antrobus was first diagnosed as deaf at the age of six. He discovered he had missing sounds bird calls, whistles, kettles, alarms. Teachers thought he was slow and disruptive; some didn't believe he was deaf at all. The Quiet Ear tells the story of Raymond's upbringing at the intersection of race and disability. Growing up in East London to an English mother and Jamaican father, educated in both mainstream and deaf schooling systems, Raymond