Do viruses enter the body through our ears?

In 1927 Richard Simmons, M.D. hypothesized that colds and/or the flu virus enter the body through the ear canal and not through the eyes, nose or the mouth . He started putting one or two drops of 3% H2O2 in the ears of his young patients. The patients recovered quickly. He practiced this technique in his clinic for several months. When he wrote a paper on the results, the medical community dismissed his findings. Were they justified in doing so?