Carolin Gravel (she/her) is a rehabilitation scientist for hearing impairments and PhD student at the University of Cologne, Germany. She is also currently taking further training to become a Low Vision consultant. Her research focuses on deafblindness, assistive technology, accessibility, and the digital disability divide. Her doctoral dissertation project “Deafblindness, Technology, and Participation” aims to contribute to an in-depth understanding of the experiences of adults with acquired deafblindness regarding their use of technical devices. For three years, she supported adults with acquired deafblindness as part of an assisted living service. Since the beginning of 2023, Carolin has been working as a researcher in the project “Hearing and Communication in Care Facilities” at the University of Cologne. She is also the administrator of the DbI Aquired Deafblindness Network Facebook group and a member of the Wittich Vision Impairment Research Laboratory.