Table 2.

Examples of Responses from Participants by Valence Rating

Rating	Participant response
Positive	Really good from the uh oh stroke.
	Talking better now.
	Well it’s better than it used to bid.
	It’s little bit begger.
	Improving, improving. I uh cofidlitly improving a lot better.
	Well excellent because I have had aphasia.
	Seventy, eighty percent.
	Now pretty darn good.
	Good. I’m great (gestures: thumbs up).
	I think it’s normal.
	(gestures: counts) one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ninety percent.
	Well, better but no cigar.
	Fine.
	Uh, uh, uh, well, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh I could &uh I could talk, you know.
Negative	Not good. I’m not good at this.
	I can’t talk.
	Not so well.
	No.
	Oh it’s awful.
	It is terrible. It’s just terrible. It was, because I can’t, uh it was, I was, I … Oh Jesus. I, I’m so dadut and then boom. Buh, buh, buh, buh, buh, buh. None, none, none, none, none.
	I think it’s pretty awful then. I mean it used to be pretty good but now I have trouble doing some of this.
Neutral/Mixed	Uh, fair.
	Sometime words yes, no (gestures: fair).
	Not bad. I don’t know how good it is but it’s not bad.
	Just not too good but improving.
	Uh well I would say is below average. In fact sub sub below average (laughs). But when you, you uh uh if you compare my speech versus another, another patient, is on par.
	Average. You know, I get most of it but I have a, I, most of it’s all pretty well tire also.
	It varies. Um I’m usually good in the morning and in the afternoon. By that time I get um not uh sloppy. Not sloppy but I’m tired. And that determines how I do.