Old news. Not just that the current story is already from last years December in the scientific community, the high chance of improper treatment of doctors because of using flawed or outdated diagnostic methods for locked-in syndrome patients is no surprise anymore. It is known that doctors prefer to categorize all signs of consciousness of patients in this state as "random muscle activity".
As long as you don't say the magic words "Let me out or I'll sue ya!" you are not conscious.