Problem $1-2\mathrm{.}5$ points

Consider the following scenario: We are currently using the Hamming Code method for error detection$/$correction to send information over a noisy communication channel. Noisy means that there is a chance some bits get corrupted. We have been encoding data in $16$ bit chunks. What could be the benefits of sending the information in $8$ bit chunks, assuming that a smaller size does not impact anything other than error detection$/$correction$?$