There are many things in life to think about and even even more things to take care of as you get older. Adults have so many responsibilities that they must handle in life, it is hard for us to keep track of everything for ourselves let alone for our families. One of the most important things that each human is responsible for is their body and their health, and ears are one thing that is often overlooked.
When you think about taking care of your health, how many of us really take time to consider the importance of our ears or of taking care of our ears? Probably not too many. Why? Because I think that for the most part we take our ears, like so many other parts of our health, for granted. I think another reason why we are not careful about our ears is because it is rare to hear of someone having ear problems, so we figure we will not have any problems either.
I met someone with an unlikely story that changed my perspective of taking care of my ears. Like many other people I know, this person was careless when it came to ear health. She never cleaned out her ears or removed the wax that would constantly build up in her ear cannals, and she would never protect her...