[Menière's disease. A psychosomatic disease?]

Although psychosomatic aspects of Meniere's disease have already been pointed out by some authors, few papers have been publisched on this question. 48 patients suffering from Meniere's disease underwent in addition of a complete audiological examination a psychosomatic study using two psychometric auto evaluation tests. It appears that patients suffering from Meniere's disease have a significantly different psychopathologic personality than normals (anxiety, depressive tendency, phobia). Besides, an obvious correlation is found between deafness, vertigo's recurrences and psychopathological disorders. These findings must be taken into consideration to treat patients suffering from Meniere'es disease.