title: Contrast sensitivity with contact lens corrections for presbyopia.
abstract: We measured contrast sensitivity at three distances (330 mm, 660 mm and 4 m) with six contact lens and two multifocal spectacle corrections for presbyopia. The two spectacle corrections were D-segment bifocals and trifocals and the contact lens corrections were distance contact lens with lookover spectacles, soft progressive bifocals, soft concentric bifocals, monovision, modified monovision, and hard crescent segment bifocals. The spectacle corrections in general gave better results for the contrast sensitivity function (CSF), than did the contact lens corrections. Distance contact lenses with lookover spectacles performed best of the contact lens corrections used. However, the differences in CSF between the various contact lens corrections were small and not statistically significant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Optometry, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Bowman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003261:Contact Lenses; D015350:Contrast Sensitivity; D005139:Eyeglasses; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011305:Presbyopia / Q000628:therapy*; D014787:Vision Tests