The absorption of longitudinal and transverse ultrasound in plastically deformed single crystals of tungsten was measured as a function of temperature. The maximum in the temperature dependence of the electron absorption was found to be more pronounced in deformed specimens. The electron absorption of longitudinal waves decreases in a magnetic field as the degree of plastic deformation is raised. The results are interpreted, allowing for intersheet scattering of electrons in hot spots of the Fermi surface.