Laryngomalacia is a condition of the voice box that results in noisy breathing. It occurs when the soft tissues of the voice box pull into the airway when a person inhales. Another symptom of this ...

Babies born with laryngomalacia—a type of birth defect— make a noisy sound when they breathe. In fact, this condition is the most common cause for your infant's noisy breathing. The noise tends to get ...

Congenital laryngomalacia is the most common cause of inspiratory stridor in neonates, arising from excessive collapsibility of supraglottic structures during inspiration. Clinical severity ranges ...