Miyagi's personality investigation list was used to compare vertiginous and non-vertiginous patients.
(1) Vertiginous patients had less self-confidence and more introverted obsessional characteristics than non-vertiginous patients.
(2) These characteristics were not related to the duration' of the disease.
(3) The personality of patients with Meniere's disease was simillar to that of other vertiginous patients, but nervousness was significantly more frequent in patients with vestibular Meniere's disease.