Over 250 reports concerning or related to Meniere's disease, published in English from 1978 through 1982, are summarized. Reports have been classified into the categories of incidence of occurrence, analysis and reporting results, patho-physiology, etiologic theories, diagnostic methods, medical management, and surgical procedures. Major emphases in reporting from 1978 though 1982 have been in the areas of pathophysiologic studies, expansion of diagnostic procedures, and the use of sac decompression and neurectomy procedures. This literature review reveals the continuing disagreement regarding the pathophysiology of Meniere's disease and the resultant continued controversies in its management.