Washington, DC, June 3, 2008The Better Hearing Institute (BHI) takes great pleasure in announcing the election of Cathy Henderson Jones as Vice President of the Institute and Gordon Walker as a new BHI director.
In announcing the new officer and director, BHI President Brian Kinnerk noted that "BHI has been actively reframing its information and assistance for people with hearing losses and restructuring its services, designed to help individuals who are seeking hearing healthcare pursue it. As a director of BHI for the past several years, Cathy Jones has been a creative and thoughtful guide for the Board with not only her broad experience in the hearing aid industry and her position as President and CEO of Phonak, but also as an audiological professional who brings an important knowledge base to the work of BHI. Gordon Walker and his company, Knowles Electronics, have been staunch supporters of BHI and generous sponsors of the Institute's MarkeTrak survey for many years, and Gordon's comprehensive knowledge of all the companies that produce amplification will be a real advantage to BHI's work. BHI deeply appreciates the dedication of these two individuals and their companies."
BHI, headquartered in Washington, DC, is an educational foundation that is dedicated to providing information about hearing loss, its treatment and prevention. The Institute's website, www.betterhearing.org, provides comprehensive information about hearing loss, a Quick Hearing Check that visitors to the site can use to check the status of their own hearing, BHI's "Your Guide to Better Hearing" that can be downloaded and an array of links for additional resources. The Institute is currently providing a link to www.hearingaidtaxcredit.org so that individuals can contact their elected officials in Washington, DC directly from the site to support the passage of tax credits for hearing aid purchases.
