The present invention relates to an ophthalmic device with an intraocularpressuremonitoring system and associated methods. In some embodiments, the ophthalmicdevice can bea contact lens with an intraocular pressure monitoring system that is notdependent on eye ballshape or change over time. Further, the intraocular pressure monitoring systemmay includeelements for delivering audible and/or visual messages to the user that can beuseful for themonitoring and treatment of glaucoma. The audible and/or visual messages canbe signalscommunicated to the user using one or both of the ophthalmic device and awireless device incommunication with the ophthalmic device.