Keith Pine commenced his MSc programme with the Department of Optometry and Vision Science in March 2009 and has conducted two pieces of experimental work with private patients under University of Auckland Human Participants Ethics Committee approval. The first experiment was a survey of patients to identify concerns that artificial eye wearers had. The results of this first part of the project (paper submitted to the journal “Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology” on 31st March 2010) identified that the health of their remaining eye was the major
concern. The second most important concern was the watering, crusting and discharge associated with wearing their prosthesis. In the second experiment age, hand washing, removal and cleaning regimes, shape and weight of the prosthesis and deposit formation were investigated having the potential to affect artificial eye wear. The results from this experiment are currently being analysed.
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