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Health & Wellbeing Health & Wellbeing Next Gen contact lenses: seeing without specs Patients over 40 love contact lenses, but losing flexibility in reading vision presents some challenges. The latest technology in multifocal contact lens designs can keep those needing reading glasses free from specs for most daily activities. Imagine driving to a restaurant and then reading a menu in dim lighting without the need to pull out readers and show your age. People love contact lenses for convenience, lifestyle and providing excellent vision. For some the advantage of visual clarity becomes a challenge when they reach their 40s and experience the onset of presbyopia (problems focussing at near). Suddenly their spectacle-free world is invaded by reading glasses. For many of my patients, multifocal contact lenses provide a solution that allows them to continue to enjoy freedom from everyday spectacle wear. But not all multifocal contact lenses are equal… Just like spectacles, multifocal contact lenses come in a variety of designs and technologies that can suit each individual patient differently. Each design may interact differently with the brain and eyes, and the material may interact differently with the ocular surface. Each patient’s visual processing, ergonomics and lifestyle is different. Certain designs work better for certain patients. Sometimes it’s trial and error. I use simple language to illustrate the difference between multifocal spectacle lenses: “Not every shoe or pair of pants fits the same. They may all be the same size, but some will feel more comfortable than others. Our job is to find the right fit.” It’s similar with multifocal contacts; we can find the right lenses for individuals with great vision and comfort all day. The lifestyle questionnaire we use for all patients is particularly helpful in perfecting multifocal prescriptions. The questionnaire asks about work and hobbies, so we know how reliant an individual is on detailed, up-close vision versus the need for sharp distance vision. For example, one patient may love to do embroidery as a hobby and use a computer all day at work, therefore having high near demands, while another patient may be on the road driving a lot for work with Rowena Beckenham requiring superb distance vision. I ask progressive spectacle wearers if they have heard of multifocal contact lenses, pointing out from their lifestyle form where in their lives I think they could benefit from contacts that allow them to see both near and far. On the Northern Beaches this often relates to sporting and outdoor pursuits, such as reading on the beach, the computer, on a bike and the need to see clearly into the distance, or when out walking and being able to read a menu or Sunday paper in a coffee shop without the need to carry reading specs with them. Thinking about what you do in your activities for work and leisure enables optometrists to customise a solution and provide a whole new way of solving vision concerns. Comment supplied by Rowena Beckenham, of Beckenham Optometrist in Avalon (9918 0616). Rowena has been involved in all facets of independent private practice optometry in Avalon for 16 years, in addition to working as a consultant to the optometric and pharmaceutical industry, and regularly volunteering in Aboriginal eyecare programs in regional NSW. 48 JULY <strong>2018</strong> The Local Voice Since 1991
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