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diff --git a/‎wfdb/readwrite/_headers.py
Lines changed: 1 addition & 1 deletion b/‎wfdb/readwrite/_headers.py
Lines changed: 1 addition & 1 deletion
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ def __init__(self, allowedtypes, delimiter, dependency, write_req, read_def, wri
         #    so that the user doesn't need to. But when reading, it should
         #    be clear that the fields are missing.
 
-inttypes = [int, np.int64, np.int32]
+inttypes = [int, np.int64, np.int32, np.int16]
 floattypes = inttypes + [float, np.float64, np.float32]
 
 # Record specification fields