Dr. Froeschke has over 30 years of experience in speech language pathology treating a wide variety of neurologic communication disorders.  She began her lifelong passion for the field in 1994, training in a specialty brain injury unit of Bronson Vicksburg Hospital in Michigan. This began her enduring love of seeing individuals overcome obstacles to reconstruct and rehabilitate their lives through skilled therapy.  Her commitment to the science of neurorehabilitation was continued through completion of the PhD at Western Michigan University (2015) with research focused on stroke symptom recognition, and later on spasmodic dysphonia (focal laryngeal dystonia). As a clinician-scientist, her goal is to provide both innovative and evidence-based therapy, bringing the latest knowledge and techniques to bear. Dr. Froeschke has served as assistant visiting professor at Northwestern University and assistant professor at Elmhurst University, teaching graduate courses in neurogenic cognitive communication disorders, voice, swallowing, fluency (stuttering), and culturally-informed care.

 

CLINICAL SPECIALTIES 

Dr. Froeschke's specialties include voice and progressive neuromuscular disorders (e.g., Parkinson Disease), stroke recovery and aphasia, brain injury, cognitive disorders, and fluency (stuttering).  As a fully bilingual Spanish speaker, she is also committed to culturally-informed care. 

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PUBLICATIONS & HONORS

Dr. Froeschke is a passionate innovator and researcher, known for pushing novel approaches and ideas in voice disorders, aphasia and cognitive disorders. Dr. Froeschke has published and presented research in Stroke, Journal of Voice, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research. She was a two-time recipient of research awards from the American Laryngological Association (2018, 2020) and was honored as a 2014 recipient of the Pre-doctoral Fellowship from the American Heart Association for her research in stroke symptom recognition. She has presented research at conferences of the American Heart Association, American Speech Language Hearing Association, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, and American Laryngological Association.

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