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.
How to Treat a Fungal Ear Infection. Known as otomycosis or swimmer's ear, fungal ear infections primarily affect the ear canal. Otomycosis accounts for 7% of those diagnosed with otitis externa or inflammation and infection of the ear canal. The most common causes of otomycosis are the fungal species Candida and Aspergillus.