I have some unidentified issues with my left ear canal, and as a result I won't wear plug type ear protection, so I wear my "ears".
And I'll second on wearing your eyes. Friday in the forge I had a piece of steel that was about three inches long pop out of the vise and hit me right in the glasses. If I hadn't been wearing them I probably would have lost an eye
It was an accident, but it could have been serious.