Contact Lens Services
Contact lenses are medical devices that not only enhance visual acuity and appearance, but can also improve performance in visual tasks and sports. In some instances, specialty contact lenses may be required.
Specialty contact lenses are custom lenses designed for patients who are unable to wear or have difficulties seeing with standard contact lenses.
How We Can Help
Midwestern University Eye Institute offers comprehensive contact lens services to patients of all ages. As a teaching institute training exemplary future doctors of optometry, we offer cutting-edge technology and innovation in a wide variety of contact lens modalities. Our faculty fit a full range of contact lenses including: soft contact lenses, colored contact lenses, corneal (rigid) gas permeable lenses, hybrid contact lenses, orthokeratology/ corneal reshaping technology lenses, scleral contact lenses, and prosthetic contact lenses.
Patients with nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism or presbyopia have a wide range of soft contact lens and gas permeable lens options.
For patients who have been diagnosed with a complex corneal condition such as dry eye, keratoconus, pellucid marginal degeneration, post-surgical corneas, and other irregular corneas, our faculty includes residency-trained optometrists who are highly trained in the diagnosis and management of these conditions. A wide array of custom-designed specialty contact lens options are available.
For referring doctors, our institute features state-of-the-art technology including: aberrometry, anterior-segment optical coherence tomography, confocal microscopy, corneal topography and tomography, scleral topography and specular microscopy.
What To Expect
Prior to being fit into contact lenses, it is mandatory to have received a comprehensive eye examination within the past year. This comprehensive eye examination can be completed at the Eye Institute or records documenting a previous eye examination may be faxed from your external provider. You will be examined by a team of student(s) and doctor(s). Measurements will be taken during your evaluation to ensure a successful fit. Dependent on the complexity of the contact lens fitting, you should anticipate a fitting to take up to 2 hours. Several follow-up visits may be required prior to issuing a final contact lens prescription, in accordance with Arizona state regulations. The cost of a contact lens evaluation is separate from the comprehensive eye examination. Dependent on the diagnosis, the contact lens evaluation may be billed to either vision or medical insurance. You are responsible for notifying us of your plan at the time of service, and for covering any costs not paid by your plan.