Viability of disposable soft contact lenses for themonovision correction of presbyopia

Every presbyopic patient (n = 257) attending for routine examination at a suburban optometric practice was offeredthe opportunity to wear disposable contact lenses in the form of monovision correction. Sixty subjects entered the 3-month study. Only 5% of the total number of presbyopis who attended initially, were prepared to continue as fee paying contact lens wearers. As has been found in other studies, monovision correction itself did not cause any significant visual problems (90% acceptance). It is concluded that disposable soft lenses for monovision correction of presbyopia is a viable economical alternative for a small number of selected patients.