Four papers originating from the Kesher project, a project in Israel involving the construction, implementation, and scientific evaluation of an original Hebrew language intervention program for preschool (ages 0 to 6) children with hearing impairments, are presented. The four papers included are: (1) "Language Intervention in Prelinguistic and One-Word Stage Hearing-Impaired Children" by Dalia Ringwald-Frimerman and Esther Dromi which presents the theoretical framework and main goals for assessment and intervention in the Kesher program; (2) "The Implementation of 'Kesher' in the Micha Centers in Israel" by Sara Zadunaisky and Hagit Bar-Lev which discusses key issues in the implementation of Kesher, notes inservice training, and describes Kesher materials; (3) "Parents' Expectations from Intervention with Preschool Hearing Impaired Children" by Esther Dromi and Sara Ingber which reports on a study of 50 parents of children participating in Kesher; and (4) "Utilizing a Parent Questionnaire for the Assessment of Prelinguistic Communication in Hearing Impaired Children" by Esther Dromi and others which reports on a study testing such a questionnaire with Kesher parents. Figures and tables are appended. (Individual papers contain references.) (DB)