February 7, 2005
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To:  The Secretary, Miss Winnie CHONG
     The Optometrists Board
     2/F, Shun Feng International Center,
     182 Queen's Road East, Wanchai,
     Hong Kong, SAR CHINA


Dear Ms. Chong,

     I recently was notified that my name was placed on the,
"Houston Myopia Control Study" without my approval.  (See
Reference 1 below)

     I would like to correct this error -- since I did not
participate in the study.  Further, I was not consulted as to the
results.  And lastly I was never provided with a copy of either
Part I or Part II of this study.

     The conclusions are profoundly different than the results I
obtained (Oakley-Young) where a "high segment plus" effectively
stopped further movement of the eye into myopia.  (See References
3 and 4 below.)

     Please accept my apologies for this late correction, but I
was only recently notified that my name was used in this manner.

     With the scientific research I did in the 60s and 70s, I
deeply believe that the rate of myopia progression can be
stopped/retarded.  The goal is to greatly reduce the amount of
accommodation required to work in a "near" environment.  Clearly,
a plus or convex lens with sufficient power has that desirable
effect.  I had written up my point-of-view in the Journal
"Contacto", in 1975.

     Why not support a logically consistent program that will
prevent the development of child's myopia without interfering with
his ability to read?  Children on the threshold of nearsighedness
should have the benifit of this "second opinion" with this
problem.


Sincerely,


_______________________
Francis A.  Young

(Signature on file)


Psychologist, Ph.D.,
Member of Faculty;
Fellow, American Academy of Optometry


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References for the Houston Myopia Control Study:

1.  Houston Myopia Control Study:  A randomized clinical trial.
    Part 1.  Background and design of the study.  Young FA, Leary
    GA, Grosvenor T, Maslovitz B, Perrigin DM, Perrigin J,
    Quintero S, Am J Optom Physiolo OPt.  1985 Sept; 62 (9):
    605-613

2.  Houston Myopia Control Study:  A randomized clinical trial.
    Part II.  Final report by the patient care team.  Grosvenor T,
    Perrigin DM, Maslovitz B, Am J OPtom Physiolo Opt.	1987 Jul;
    64 (7); 482-498

References from my research:

3.  Oakley, Kenneth, Young Francis A "Bifocal Control of Myopia".
    published in November 1975 issue of the American Journal
    optometry & Physiological Optics.  Am J Optom., Vol 52, Nov
    1975, pp 758-764

4.  Francis A Young, "The Development and Control of Myopia in
    Humam and Sub-human Primates", CONTACTO, Internationl Contact
    Lens Journal, a publication of the National Eye Research
    Foundation, November 1975, pp 16-32