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Guidelines recommend parent education materials be written at a sixth to eighth-grade reading level, yet compliance of online resources remains unclear.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Aim<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To evaluate the readability of online parental education materials about laryngomalacia across multiple sources and geographic regions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A systematic search identified the top 10 Google results, hospital resources from Australia (n=2), the UK (n=2), and the US (n=5), and outputs from five AI chatbots. Readability was assessed using Flesch Reading Ease Score (FRES), Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level (FKGL), and Fry Grade Level. Kruskal-Wallis tests compared readability across source types and regions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Of 19 unique resources, only one (5.3%) met recommended reading levels. Mean FKGL was 10.61 (SD=2.24) across all resources, significantly exceeding guidelines. Australian hospitals were most difficult (mean FKGL=13.80); UK hospitals were most accessible (mean FKGL=9.45), though still exceeding recommendations. Significant regional differences existed for FRES (H=6.43, p=0.038) and Fry Grade Level (H=6.19, p=0.045), but not FKGL (H=4.13, p=0.127).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>94.7% of laryngomalacia parental education materials exceeded recommended readability levels. AI chatbots and Australian hospital websites were particularly inaccessible. 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