Grain-oriented 3% Si-Fe strips were plastically strained up to

%. The frequency spectrum

of the Barkhausen noise was measured. From

a mean Barkhausen volume v
effis calculated. The noise and v
effare diminished after plastic deformation mainly already in the region

%, where the coercive field remains still constant, v
effis related to a mean irreversible susceptibility, which is mainly determined by the hysteresis loop. By measurements of the correlation of the flux changes along the specimen a mean length of the Barkhausen volumes was obtained. Its diminution mainly causes the diminution of v
eff. The connection of the results with changes of the domain and dislocation structure is discussed.