This lecture reviews the current state of contact lenses and what is to come. There is much to do. Future changes include improving wearer comfort, radically different presbyopic lenses, improving infection and inflammation rates, slowing myopia progression. Maybe we will also see drug delivery and heads-up displays through contact lenses.
The following links are to materials related to my talk.
Discontinuation of contact lens wear: a survey.
Effect of daytime lens replacement on soft contact lens related discomfort.
Lid wiper epitheliopathy and dry eye symptoms.
Friction measurements on contact lenses in their operating environment.
Dynamic Contact Angle Analysis of Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses.
A Novel On-Eye Wettability Analyzer for Soft Contact Lenses.
Refractive errors in medical students in Singapore.
Prevalence of refractive error in the United States, 1999-2004.
Effect of dual-focus soft contact lens wear on axial myopia progression in children.
Is contact lens wear inflammatory?.
An international survey of contact lens prescribing for presbyopia.