Adaptation to monovision
Collins, Michael J. and Bruce, Adrian and Thompson, Briony M. (1995) Adaptation to monovision. International Contact Lens Clinic, 21(11-12). pp. 218-224.
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DOI : 10.1016/0892-8967(94)90054-X
Abstract
Many patients who begin wearing monovision contact lenses report that it requires days or weeks for them to become adjusted to the anisometropia; however, it is not clear if there are measurable improvements in their vision during this period. We therefore studied both the objective and subjective characteristics of adaptation to monovision over a period of 8 weeks. Sixty presbyopic subjects wore high water content hydrogel lenses in the study. During the 8 weeks of monovision wear, there were no significant changes in the subjects' visual acuities (distance, intermediate, or near) in high- and low-luminance conditions, near stereopsis, or interocular blur suppression characteristics. Nevertheless, the subjects reported significant improvement in various aspects of visual performance during the same period. Forty-eight percent of the subjects reported complete tolerance to the vision with their correction within the first week of monovision wear and a total of 78% of subjects were completely satisfied with the monovision correction at the completion of 8 weeks wear. The improved tolerance to monovision may be related to changes in aspects of vision other than those measured in this study or may reflect a psychological adjustment to the anisometropia.
| ID Code: | 878 |
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| Item Type: | Journal Article |
| Additional Information : | For more information, please refer to the journal’s website (see hypertext link) or contact the author. Michael J. Collins (email):m.collins@qut.edu.au |
| ISSN: | 0892-8967 |
| Subjects: | Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES (110000) > OPTOMETRY AND OPHTHALMOLOGY (111300) |
| Divisions: | QUT Faculties and Divisions > Faculty of Health Institutes > Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation |
| Copyright Owner : | Copyright 1995 Elsevier |
| Deposited On: | 25 Oct 2005 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Dec 2008 12:11 |
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