can an infant cry/make noise without their vocal cords?

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basically, I have book character who’s daughter is born without vocal cords at all. She just doesn’t have them at all due to a genetic defect. She will learn sign language when she’s about 4 but until then I need to figure out she would make indications/if she’d be able to roar/make noise at all. (its fantsy and she’s a human/dragon hybrid)

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I want to say no. With no larynx/vocal cords there is nothing to vibrate to make ANY sound. In addition, without a larynx, your character will also have many issues with breathing and eating as well considering that the larynx is necessary for the proper function of both.

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