If wheezing and crackling noises while breathing are sounds coming from the bronchi in the lungs why do they sound like they’re right at the top of the throat?

Question

I have a respiratory infection right now and it’s so loud, but how come if the obstruction is so low in the airways why is it audible so well? I would have thought it’d be muffled on the way but it just sounds like the obstruction is right at the larynx or in the vocal cords themselves if it makes any sense.

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Answer 1

Your trachea can act as an amplifier. Similar to a trumpet. The noise is actually loudest around your voice box, not just sounding so.