Ines Weber works as a special educational needs teacher for the deafblind at the institution Nikolauspflege (Stuttgart, Germany). She is part of the project Hand in Hand (development and implementation of a qualification program), works as a counselor for children with visual impairment and complex disabilities, and as a special needs teacher. In 2018, Ines graduated from the University of Education (Heidelberg, Germany) with a degree in special needs education, majoring in pedagogy for the hearing impaired and pedagogy for learning support. In addition to working as a counselor for children with deafblindness and as a research assistant (research project IKI-TAU, development of a Screening and Assessment Tool for the Deafblind) at the University of Education (Heidelberg, Germany), she completed a Master of Science (Communication and Deafblindness) at the University of Groningen (Netherlands). Her main areas of interest are counselling for the deafblind and diagnostics of functional hearing of people with complex disabilities.