Table 3: Descriptive statistics for all measured variables when pooled across all textured pacifiers ( < 0.05).

Textured Smooth Sig. η² Total compressions 196.73 (34.27) 212.64 (44.29) 6.561 0.011 0.037 Non-NNS events 20.2 (16.06) 16.6 (21.41) 1.617 0.205 0.009 NNS cycles 88.12 (15.96) 98.02 (18.0) 9.979 0.002 0.055 NNS bursts 17.72 (5.66) 15.09 (4.97) 7.745 0.006 0.043 NNS cycles/burst 11.04 (7.02) 15.2 (12.19) 7.875 0.006 0.044 NNS cycles % total 89.23 (8.36) 92.49 (6.11) 5.779 0.017 0.033 Pressure amplitude 17.45 (9.48) 23.13 (7.76) 14.009 0.000 0.075 STI 73.56 (7.5) 70.06 (10.44) 5.816 0.017 0.033