The Air Force Safety Center is a Field Operating Agency with headquarters at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.
The Finnish researchers are unsure why the use of a pacifier might lead to an ear infection, but theorized it may have something to do with the change in pressure equilibrium inside the ear caused by the sucking.
1 Those at a higher risk for middle ear infections are children exposed to other children's colds (as often occurs in daycare centers), and babies who are bottlefed. 2  Middle ear pus causes pain and temporary hearing loss.  Rupture of the eardrum allows the pus and fluid to drain into the ear canal.