Visual performance in high myopia

The visual performances of eight low myopic subjects (-2 D to -7 D) and eight high myopic subjects (greater than -7 D) with normal visual acuities were analyzed by contrast sensitivity testing with both spectacle and contact lens corrections to determine if any differences in function exist between those groups. Statistically significant (p = 0.0382) contrast sensitivity losses, particularly at the higher spatial frequencies, were found for the high myopic subjects when corrected with spectacles. However, with contact lens correction, no statistically significant overall difference between the two groups was evident (p = 0.5083). We believe that these results confirm for highly myopic subjects the lack of any consistently present loss of resolution. The differences with spectacle correction are attributable to the nature of the optical correction.