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1980: Emily is born with Stickler's Syndrome (www.stickler.org.uk), a congenital condition where the child is born with, among other things, an abnormally small lower jaw, posterior cleft palate, and an abnormally set back or posterially placed tongue);
1982: Mandy begins work on designing a feeder for babies with sucking problems;
1984: The first prototypes of the Haberman Feeder (which is the subject of a UK Patents 2169210 and 2131301) are produced with the help of a private company. Testing begins on six healthy babies followed by successful testing on babies with feeding problems. Mandy sets up her own Company and The Haberman Feeder* goes into production and is sold throughout the world to specialist units, hospitals and clinics.
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