Psychological Factors in Meniere's Disease and Positional Vertigo

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CMI and MPI tests were used to detect the influence of psychological factors on patients with Meniere's disease and B. P. P. N.The test results were compared with those of patients with chronic otitis media, or vocal cord polyps. A typical case in which psychological factors might influence the clinical course is presented.The conclusions are summerized as follows:1) Psychological factors can influence patients with B. P. P. N., as had already been noted in those with Meniere's disease.2) The correlation of CMI and Schellong tests was not clearly established.3) Either the CMI or the MPI test can inform us about the psychological aspects of patients with vestibular vertigo.4) The mechanics of how these psychological factors may affect vestibular vertigo, e. g. endolymphatic hydrops, is not yet clear. However, psychological factors do seem to somehow influence the onset and/or clinical course of the vertigo.
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