Comment count next to post title?

Hello again faithful BFA forums, how I love thee...

Is there any way to display the number of comments (simply as a digit) to the right of the post title on multi-post pages? I'm using wordpress (and this marvelous theme) to create a ratings / recommendation site for salons. I would like the number of comments (with a cute little comment bubble image behind the digit) to be displayed to the far right of the post title.

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.